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Encryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fix (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev to c/technology@beehaw.org

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The bug allows attackers to swipe data from a CPU’s registers. […] the exploit doesn’t require physical hardware access and can be triggered by loading JavaScript on a malicious website.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

So what you have is a box that spits out a bunch of keys, key like looking things, and blobs of malformed metal, and doesn’t tell you explicitly which is which or point you at the locks the keys go to.

Man, I feel like this could be a cool art installation.