Intel breathes a sigh of relief as the spotlight moves off of them for a beat.
Except the AMD exploit requires ring 0 access and is almost irrelevant to most users, whereas the Intel issues are physically destroying people’s computers. The scale of the issues are utterly incomparable.
I’m much more angry with whatever dipshit at AMD decided to revoke permission for ZLUDA, and that they haven’t yet been fired.
ZLUDA was probably taken down to protect AMD from being sued by Nvidia.
Didn’t the author confirm the takedown came from AMD and not NVidia? AMD isn’t responsible for third party software running on their hardware.
Although, IIRC they either sanctioned it or provided some initial funding, which might have put them in a more culpable position. Still, I’m pretty sure the takedown came from AMD, and it doesn’t make sense that they’re doing NVidia’s policing for then.
They were paying for its development for about a year and a half.
People grant kernel access all the time without thinking. Video game anti-cheat is a good example. It’s a pretty potent vector of attack since you can never trust these companies to keep themselves secure.
Apex Legends and Genshin Impact being a good example of this.
The Apex Legends hacking situation was unrelated to the anti-cheat despite initial reports. It didn’t stop the hack but it also wasn’t the vector for the attacks.
Genshin Impact’s anti-cheat however was an unmitigated disaster.
The Apex Legends hacking situation was unrelated to the anti-cheat despite initial reports
you’re right, thanks for the clarification! https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=lzW4SDm0yWM