Title should be: ..in VIA C3 processors.

I am always wondering how those backdoors are discovered without internal leaks, fuzzing or enumerating all instructions bytes seem like too random.

"Not this shit again"...

Almost exactly 8 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17727140

Misleading, clickbait title. Technically accurate, but it would be accurate if it were 3 total cpu's rather than thousands or millions so that is a low bar.

Via C3 CPUs are the only ones affected. A security problem sure, but a relatively obscure one that doesn't effect anyone's laptop, server in the cloud, etc.

A reasonable title is "Backdoor found in Via C3 cpus".

A much better title would be "A hardware backdoor in a historical VIA x86 CPU".

While the README calls it a separate core, it's more likely to be a direct encoding of uops.

It’s lovely to think some x86 CPUs have a nice ISA buried under the layers of cruft that form a recent x86 ISA.

I still remember the time when mnemonics were 2 or 3 characters. Good days.

Click bait title, please change it to VIA C3 CPUs

(2018)

Can we add "some ancient Via CPUs" to the title. Current title is pure click bait.