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Re:Security Researchers Publish Ryzen Flaws, Gave AMD 24 Hou... by bigiain on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @07:08PM (#16580715)
Pwn2own, iOS jailbreaking, and Playstation hacking have shown time and time again that chaining up seemingly innocuous exploits to get to the stage where you can run a "minor exploit which requires ultra-privileged access" is definitely within the reach of bored/smart teenagers with no more motivation than a new laptop or gaining the ability to pirate or cheat at games...

Suggesting this is "just hypothetical" because "nobody is going to get physical access or code execution in a signed driver" is pretty shortsighted in my opinion...

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Re:Security Researchers Publish Ryzen Flaws, Gave AMD 24 Hou... by HelloNurse on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @04:20AM (#16583169)
When the enemy manages to install a signed driver or flash the BIOS, the difference between being 100% owned by design and being 105% owned because of this sort of vulnerability is the last thing to worry about.
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