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36C3 - Uncover, Understand, Own - Regaining Control Over Your AMD CPU

media.ccc.de · talk · Watch on YouTube

Security & hackingComputer architecture & CPUsPrivacy, surveillance & cybercrime

What it is

A 36C3 talk on the AMD Platform Security Processor, an undocumented ARM core inside AMD CPUs that runs before the main processor. The speakers present their reverse engineering of its internals.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in discussions of open firmware and trust as a thorough reverse engineering of the PSP.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “(Btw, watch the whole talk, it's nothing short of incredible.)”

    Reverse engineering of PSP; found nothing evil

    TobTobXX, 2021-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Ministry of Freedom – GNU+Linux laptops with Libreboot preinstalled”

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Topics: amd psp, reverse engineering, firmware, security, ccc

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