"amdflaws.com" - What is this?

[unseenmorbidity]

Sponsored by intel???

intel inside

 

[LTC8K6]

How silly. They didn't realize this would be seen through in mere minutes?

 

[DisEnchantment]

I think even though Intel might wish to see AMD fail on the market, I don't think they will stoop this low.

 

[krumme]

Sponsored by intel???

No way.
Besides these youngsters and noobs dont even know who they are working for.
If unlucky they will be found at the buttom of a lake. While others earn the real money. Stupid rednecks.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Security Researchers Publish Ryzen Flaws, Gave AMD 24 hours Prior Notice

AMD CPU Attack Vectors and Vulnerabilities

Doesn't look like AMD got even a 24 hour warning.

I do not really like how Ian Cutress has written the text. Nothing has been proven, though his choice of words i find misleading.

 

[LTC8K6]

I'm surprised it's been picked up already without waiting for confirmation or at least a response from AMD.

 

[moinmoin]

I do not really like how Ian Cutress has written the text. Nothing has been proven, though his choice of words i find misleading.

As fast reporting I thought the article was alright. But with what we know now the article is highly misleading, and it's disappointing that the article remains unchanged while being in a premium spot on the homepage. (This case is a good check for due diligence or lack thereof by a lot of sites right now.)

 

[unseenmorbidity]

I think even though Intel might wish to see AMD fail on the market, I don't think they will stoop this low.

Didn't they make a presentation about AMD gluing stuff together?

 

[William Gaatjes]

Didn't they make a presentation about AMD gluing stuff together?

Some marketing dud at Intel did indeed.

 

[Hitman928]

How silly. They didn't realize this would be seen through in mere minutes?

There's some possible evidence that the main culprit behind all this was actually Viceroy, an "investment" company who is apparently infamous in South Africa for publishing lies as part of "market research" into companies which cause a company's stock price to crash. Of course Viceroy has heavily shorted that stock which gives them a nice payday. They've already done it twice and my guess is that the heat they were receiving was getting to be too much, so instead they decided to use a "hired gun" to do the "research" while they profit off of the short.

None of this is proven, but there does seem to be some things between Viceroy's earlier tactics that are just a little too similar to what happened here with AMD. It could be that Viceroy just happened to be hoping AMD stock price would crash when the CTS-Labs report came out so they jumped on it to make money off their position, but I actually find that to be a bit less believable given the timing of events.

https://twitter.com/cataclysmza/status/973624240317652992

 

[William Gaatjes]

There's some possible evidence that the main culprit behind all this was actually Viceroy, an "investment" company who is apparently infamous in South Africa for publishing lies as part of "market research" into companies which cause a company's stock price to crash. Of course Viceroy has heavily shorted that stock which gives them a nice payday. They've already done it twice and my guess is that the heat they were receiving was getting to be too much, so instead they decided to use a "hired gun" to do the "research" while they profit off of the short.

None of this is proven, but there does seem to be some things between Viceroy's earlier tactics that are just a little too similar to what happened here with AMD. It could be that Viceroy just happened to be hoping AMD stock price would crash when the CTS-Labs report came out so they jumped on it to make money off their position, but I actually find that to be a bit less believable given the timing of events.

https://twitter.com/cataclysmza/status/973624240317652992

Also there is an another option.
1 Let the AMD stock drop.
2 Buy lot of AMD stock for a lower price.
3 CTS-LABS is a lie, stock rises.
4 ryzen 2000 comes out, rumors are true and is a very good cpu.
5 AMD stock price rises to very high heights.
6 Sell AMD stock again to people wanting to lift along on AMD's success.

 

[zinfamous]

Also there is an another option.
1 Let the AMD stock drop.
2 Buy lot of AMD stock for a lower price.
3 CTS-LABS is a lie, stock rises.
4 ryzen 2000 comes out, rumors are true and is a very good cpu.
5 AMD stock price rises to very high heights.
6 Sell AMD stock again to people wanting to lift along on AMD's success.

uh right, that's similar to the point of the scam, though Viceroy seems to be short-sellers. Still, the point is to profit by manipulating stock prices to crash.

 

[formulav8]

Can't help but shake my head at this. Obvious fakers using a green screen.

 

[William Gaatjes]

uh right, that's similar to the point of the scam, though Viceroy seems to be short-sellers. Still, the point is to profit by manipulating stock prices to crash.

Of course it is similar in the sense to manipulate the stock for profit.
And AMD is a popular target for scam artists.
WIth short selling, you want the stock to go down.
Here it is in reverse, you want it to go up but you want to buy it cheap. Hence the bad press to lower the stock price. However in my example you need to have the money to do so.
It is interesting to see if there were any AMD stock buyers (and who are they)when the stock dropped a bit or when it drops some more until ryzen 2000.

 

[moinmoin]

Good on any press following up on all the shadiness: https://www.wired.com/story/amd-backdoor-cts-labs-backlash/

 

[Kenmitch]

Unbelievable....Pretty bad when the media runs with it and the collective net debunks it within hours.

Won't name any sites but those who repeated it should retract it and make a public apology for going into derp mode.

 

[krumme]

Can't help but shake my head at this. Obvious fakers using a green screen.

Muhaha. There is so much fun in this thread.

 

[Asterox]

I do not really like how Ian Cutress has written the text. Nothing has been proven, though his choice of words i find misleading.

Well, "powered by the level 0 of research before writing an article+basic logic" is failed very hard.

 

[krumme]

Can't help but shake my head at this. Obvious fakers using a green screen.

Go an take a look on 1:40 on their video here
https://youtu.be/pgYhOwikuGQ
They even tried to make the "shutterstock" servers blink.

Hahahaha. What a show.

 

[Dayman1225]

Added some new updates, thanks to motherboard. dguido from trailofbits confirms the vulnerabilities are real. Still waiting on AMD. CTS-Labs has also reached out to us to have a chat, but have not responded to my email. Any questions for them if I do get on a call?

 

[USER8000]

I do not really like how Ian Cutress has written the text. Nothing has been proven, though his choice of words i find misleading.

This,despite the whole host of information hinting that CTS Labs and Viceroy are upto no good. I don't know why he is ignoring this thread or the Reddit thread.


Is "trailofbits" a famous security outfit?? What is their connection to CTS Labs and Viceroy?? Why were they given a week to look at these allegations,but AMD 24 hours?? Seems,right dodgy if you ask me!!

 

[caswow]

oh got this is getting seriously out of control. this will damage the reputation of anandtech...

 

[moinmoin]

Lmao at Ian Cutress' tweet calling vulnerabilities that require administrator privileges to exploit "real".

This,despite the whole host of information hinting that CTS Labs and Viceroy are upto no good. I don't know why he is ignoring this thread or the Reddit thread.

I think him not reading his own site is not news unfortunately.

 

[krumme]

Linus on g plus https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds


"It looks like the IT security world has hit a new low"

 

[Dayman1225]

Lmao at Ian Cutress' tweet calling vulnerabilities that require administrator privileges to exploit "real".

Just because you need higher privileges to execute doesn't mean it isn't a vulnerability... It does make it a lot less severe though.