What just happened? AMD has confirmed a security vulnerability in some of its processors, which was inadvertently revealed through a beta BIOS update from Asus. The flaw, described as a "microcode ...

TL;DR: AMD has identified a security flaw, "EntrySign," affecting Zen 1 to Zen 5 CPUs, allowing attackers kernel-level access by bypassing microcode signature verification. A fix has been issued via ...

Last month, the Google Security Team identified a security vulnerability in AMD's CPUs ranging from Zen 1 to Zen 4 dubbed "EntrySign" that allowed malicious users with ring 0 access to load unsigned ...

A team of Google researchers working with AMD recently discovered a major CPU exploit on Zen-based processors. The exploit allows anyone with local admin privileges to write and push custom microcode ...

AMD has confirmed an unpatched “processor vulnerability” that may require CISOs to isolate their systems or even air gap them until there’s a fix. AMD has had to confirm the existence of a major ...

AMD warns of critical "SinkClose" vulnerability affecting multiple CPU generations, risking undetectable malware installation. The "SinkClose" flaw impacts AMD's EPYC, Ryzen, and Threadripper ...

The company has decided not to extend these updates to its Ryzen 1000, 2000, and 3000 series processors or its Threadripper 1000 and 2000 models. Though AMD has released security updates to address ...

Why it matters: In response to the recently uncovered Sinkclose vulnerability, AMD is rolling out updates for its newer processor models, leaving many consumers unhappy as several relatively recent ...

In early August, security researchers discovered a vulnerability affecting all of AMD's Zen processors known as "Inception." The vulnerability is a speculative side-channel attack similar to Intel's ...

The current understanding of 'Inception' is that the vulnerability is local, meaning you'd need to download malware containing the exploit for a potential issue. AMD notes that older Ryzen CPU ...

It's been a rough few weeks for CPU vendors as far as security vulnerabilities go. Just days ago, I wrote about the Downfall vulnerability that affects Intel's 6th through to 11th Generation chips, ...