Items tagged with ryzenfall

by Brandon Hill - Tue, Mar 20, 2018

AMD Details Ryzen, EPYC And Chipset Mitigation Plan For Masterkey, Fallout And Ryzenfall Vulnerabilities

Earlier this month, a little-known Israeli security company named CTS Labs disclosed a number of vulnerabilities that affect AMD's Zen-based processor family. The exploits -- Masterkey, Ryzenfall, Fallout, and Chimera -- involve the Secure Processor found onboard Ryzen and EPYC products and the supporting Ryzen... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Mar 15, 2018

Linus Torvalds Calls BS On CTS Labs Calling AMD Ryzen Security Flaw Report Pure Stock Manipulation

Earlier this week, it was widely reported that AMD Ryzen and EPYC processors are susceptible to over a dozen exploits that attack the on-chip Secure Processor and the supporting chipset. The security bulletin, issued by Israeli research firm CTS Labs, promoted a direct response from AMD: We have just received a... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Tue, Mar 13, 2018

AMD Processors And Chipsets Reportedly Riddled With New Ryzenfall, Chimera And Fallout Security Flaws (Updated)

Given the industry-wide panic that was unleashed following the disclosure of the Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities (with Intel taking the brunt of the heat), many are on edge about the potential for similar exploits to be discovered in other products. Unfortunately, for those that are running AMD's... Read more...