Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs

2026-08-16T13:02:20Zc0e27f4bed7a98ebc154aed74a6033981fd447c0e15899ee0862b8b992fa28a2
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Ars Technica security feed covering active and emerging cybersecurity threats, including critical vulnerabilities, zero-days, software supply-chain compromises, credential theft, botnets, AI-agent attacks, data exposure, and privacy issues. Several reports describe exploitation or compromise at significant scale, including PeopleSoft data theft, malicious packages, Linux sandbox escape, and vulnerabilities affecting widely deployed software.

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