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  1. #AMD #Zen2 CPUs were found to be vulnerable to a speculative execution bug called #Zenbleed that allows attackers to leak credentials and break encryption.

    The good news is that AMD has issued a microcode update, the bad news is that it's only available for their
    #Epyc 7002 line. The fix for consumer & workstation Ryzen products containing the Zen2 cores will need to wait for a couple months for the fix.

    #infosec #cybersecurity #firmware #HardwareBug

    https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/07/encryption-breaking-password-leaking-bug-in-many-amd-cpus-could-take-months-to-fix/