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Millions of PCs are affected by a vulnerability in AMD processors discovered on Aug. 9, according to a report from Wired. The discovery could be especially concerning for users who run software wallets such as MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, Trustwallet or others on these devices. The vulnerability, called “Sinkclose,” allows an attacker to create a “bootkit” that “evades antivirus tools and is potentially invisible to the operating system.” If a user’s device becomes infected with sinkclose-associated malware, it is virtually impossible to remove. Even formatting the hard drive and reinstalling the operating system will not get rid of the malware. The vulnerability was reportedly discovered by Enrique Nissim and Krzysztof Okupski, researchers for the cybersecurity firm IOActive, and was disclosed at the Defcon hacker conference on Aug. 10.

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