Intel and AMD trusted enclaves, the backbone of network security, fall to physical attacks

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/09/intel-and-amd-trusted-enclaves-the-backbone-of-network-security-fall-to-physical-attacks/

The chipmakers say physical attacks aren’t in the threat model. Many users didn’t get the memo.

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balrog@programming.dev · 1 pts · 318d

What a non-issue. From Microsoft's immutable laws of security, written decades ago:

Law #3: If a bad actor has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it's not your computer anymore.

The classic example was an attacker can simply take a baseball bat to your system if they have physical access