Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs

As Ars reported last week, AMD stripped the protection, known as TSME, from consumer Ryzen processors. Short for Transparent ...

AMD quietly disabled RAM encryption on some Ryzen CPUs and users want to know why

The change came to light in April, when Ben Kilpatrick installed a new OS on a Ryzen 7 9700X system built on AMD's Zen 5 ...
The Next Web

Your Ryzen CPU used to encrypt your RAM. A firmware update silently turned that off.

AMD silently disabled TSME memory encryption on consumer Ryzen chips via a firmware update. The feature still works on Pro CPUs. AMD won't say why.
Bleeping Computer

D-Link blunder: Firmware encryption key exposed in unencrypted image

Security researchers have demonstrated a method to decrypt proprietary firmware images embedded in D-Link routers. Firmware is the piece of code that powers low-level functions on hardware devices. It ...
Threat Post

Intel Adds Memory Encryption, Firmware Security to Ice Lake Chips

Intel’s addition of memory encryption to its upcoming 3rd generation Xeon Scalable processors matches AMD’s Secure Memory Encryption (SME) feature. Intel’s third-generation Xeon Scalable server ...
Tech Times

AMD Reverses Ryzen Memory Encryption Removal: July BIOS Update to Restore TSME

AMD memory encryption is returning to consumer Ryzen 9000 desktop chips after the company reversed a silent AGESA 1.2.7.0 ...
CNET

Getting Open Firmware Password to copy!

With some help from readers, we have the answer (sort of) to why the Open Firmware Password Utility would not copy from the Mac OS X Install CD to our hard drive - although it would copy if booted ...