Researchers claim to find many critical AMD chip flaws -- only give AMD 24 hours notice before going public

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: March 13, 2018 at 1:53:28 PM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Researchers claim to find many critical AMD chip flaws -- only give AMD 24 hours notice before 
> going public
>
>
> Researchers claim to find many critical AMD chip flaws -- only give
> AMD 24 hours notice before going public
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-flaws-ryzenfall-masterkey-fallout-chimera,36656.html
>
>    CTS-Labs, an Israel-based security company, released a "severe
>    security advisory on AMD processors" that alleges AMD's Ryzen
>    and EPYC processors are susceptible to 13 critical security
>    vulnerabilities that span four different classes. The company
>    has classified the categories as Ryzenfall, Masterkey,
>    Fallout, and Chimera.
>
> - - -
>
> The big story here is that these "researchers" only gave AMD 24 hours
> notice of their findings, instead of the normal 90 days, before going
> on this self-promotion binge. CRIMINAL!
>
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