▲ 486 ▼ AMD silently removes memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs, leaving users unaware that they may be vulnerable (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 3 months ago by RobotToaster@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 months ago (1 child) Ah, thanks, I stand corrected. Still a good practice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent