‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections

WIRED | “Researchers warn that a bug in AMD’s chips would allow attackers to root into some of the most privileged portions of a computer—and that it has persisted in the company’s processors for decades.” Check out this piece from WIRED featuring research from IOActive Principal Security Consultants, Enrique Nissim and Krzysztof Okupski, on a vulnerability in AMD chips called Sinkclose.