Security flaws in your computer's firmware, the deep-seated code that loads first when you turn the machine on and controls even how its operating system boots up, have long been a target for hackers looking for a stealthy foothold. But only rarely does that kind of vulnerability appear not in the firmware of any particular computer maker, but in the chips found across hundreds of millions of PCs and servers.

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  • Almost unfixable “Sinkclose” bug affects hundreds of millions of AMD chips
    Could be, but other coverage with more detail includes this: “SMM is called during a computer’s early boot process from the UEFI firmware to load proprietary drivers and chipset configurations ...
    08/9/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
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