Two months after the world learned of two massive bugs inherent in widely used computer processor chips, security researchers in Israel claim to have found another set of critical security vulnerabilities, this time affecting Advanced Micro Devices processor chips.
On Mar. 12, 2018, researchers at CTS-Labs announced that they had discovered 13 separate vulnerabilities and manufacturer backdoors inside four AMD processor lines, which are used in desktops, laptops, and servers. According to the researchers, the flaws allow a malicious attacker with sufficient login credentials to permanently install malware onto AMD secure processors allowing for “virtually undetectable” espionage.
