Allegedly there are massive security holes in AMD processors. Or just because someone wants to profit financially from the allegations? The details!
Sind AMD processors Ryzen – and EPYC series compromised – or allowed the Israeli company CTS Labs a bad joke? The previously unknown experts allegedly found 13 vulnerabilities in the corresponding processors. According to CTS-Labs claims, the issues include the secure boot feature and the secure processor inside the CPU. In addition, there are supposed to be backdoors in the chipsets – these programmed backdoors prevent attackers from backing up the system, giving them access to protected functions of a computer. What is the subject of these allegations?
AMD: Questionable security company
The company CTS-Labs is completely unknown, according to AMD. The allegations were posted on the paged homepage amdflaws.com, along with a YouTube video. Atypical for the industry, especially since security companies usually approach the affected manufacturer beforehand. According to the media report, the homepage of CTS-Labs did not publish any relevant content before January 2018 – until now. This suggests a suspicion: There may be targeted manipulation behind the allegations! The focus here is on the analysis house Viceroy Research.
AMD: Manipulation of stock prices possible
Shortly after disclosing alleged security holes, Viceroy Research published an article on the official website called AMD – The Obituary. Thus, AMD is exactly “worth $ 0.00” and “bankruptcy” is imperative. Viceroy Research has recently been negatively impacted by a sales recommendation for equities, which has even led to a warning from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority. Whether the mentioned vulnerabilities really exist is not yet clear. First information indicates that attackers need are already administrator rights to access the systems. But with so much power, there’s no need for a backdoor.
