BadRAM: $10 hack unlocks AMD encrypted memory

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a vulnerability (CVE-2024-21944, aka BadRAM) affecting ADM processors that can be triggered by rogue memory modules to unlock the chips’ encrypted memory. The SPD chip can be modified using an off-the-shelf microcontroller. The researchers used a Raspberry Pi Pico, for a cost of around $10 “We found that tampering with the embedded SPD chip on commercial DRAM modules allows attackers to bypass AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) protections — including AMD’s … More → The post BadRAM: $10 hack unlocks AMD encrypted memory appeared first on Help Net Security.