RobotToaster@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoAMD silently removes memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs, leaving users unaware that they may be vulnerablewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1491arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmit.online
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minus-squareMalReynolds@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoAh, thanks, I stand corrected. Still a good practice.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoFYI, the cold boot attack is only viable for a handful of seconds before your memory decays enough for it to be worthless for that attack. Powering your system down yourself prevents this. Just make sure your system doesn’t have fastboot enabled or hibernates instead of a true power off.
Ah, thanks, I stand corrected. Still a good practice.
FYI, the cold boot attack is only viable for a handful of seconds before your memory decays enough for it to be worthless for that attack.
Powering your system down yourself prevents this. Just make sure your system doesn’t have fastboot enabled or hibernates instead of a true power off.