Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs
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Security news feed covering high-impact vulnerabilities, malware, supply-chain compromises, credential and password-vault theft, AI-agent abuse, botnets, and emerging privacy attacks. Notable items include a critical Copilot information-leak vulnerability exposing 2FA codes, a PeopleSoft zero-day enabling large-scale data theft, Linux sandbox-escape and privilege-escalation flaws, self-propagating cryptocurrency stealers, compromised software packages, and theft of encrypted Dashlane vaults. The feed also reports defensive updates involving AMD memory encryption, Secure Boot key rotation, and-
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