Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs
2026-06-22T20:51:46Z•5f9b19a42057c1578713fb3cccabe46852d80b81748986e4131c12c06fc1ca1e
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What happened
June 2026 security coverage highlights multiple high-impact incidents: AMD reversed a controversial removal of consumer memory encryption; Microsoft and others disclosed new self‑propagating malware (a USB-spreading crypto clipper communicating over Tor) and fixed multiple zero-days (including a critical Copilot flaw that exposed 2FA codes and a PeopleSoft 0-day used to steal large volumes of data). Large-scale compromises and supply-chain threats were reported — massive credential leaks affecting major vendors, dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored via NPM, and Microsoft packages laced with a
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