Security News GPU side channel attacks can enable spying on web activity, password stealing

[LASER_oneXM]

Content source

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/11/06/gpu-side-channel-attacks/

Computer scientists at the University of California, Riverside have revealed for the first time how easily attackers can use a computer’s graphics processing unit, or GPU, to spy on web activity, steal passwords, and break into cloud-based applications.
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All three attacks require the victim to first acquire a malicious program embedded in a downloaded app. The program is designed to spy on the victim’s computer.

 

[DeepWeb]

Jesus.

 

[shmu26]

BIG DISCOVERY: Download and install malware, and your computer gets infected. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"All three attacks require the victim to first acquire a malicious program embedded in a downloaded app. The program is designed to spy on the victim’s computer. "

 

[SHvFl]

BIG DISCOVERY: Download and install malware, and your computer gets infected. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"All three attacks require the victim to first acquire a malicious program embedded in a downloaded app. The program is designed to spy on the victim’s computer. "

Bet that alien ship that passed from our galaxy the other day is responsible. Going in my bunker to investigate further.
At least if it's running on the gpu it doesn't use my cpu and i can continue using to investigate.

 

[HarborFront]

They are talking of dGPU. How about iGPU and eGPU?

 

[509322]

BIG DISCOVERY: Download and install malware, and your computer gets infected. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But people do this every second of every hour of every day. And that is one of the primary reasons why malc0ders always win.

The concept to bypass security is easy. Use firmware, GPU, etc.

Just place keylogger into mouse and keyboard firmware right on the factory floor.

What's anyone going to do about it ? Not a thing...

This is nothing new. This has been actually happening for a long time.

What are you going to do when basically everything is hackable and the end-users make everything so easy for them ?

 

[McLovin]

The lengths people go too.