Malware Running On Graphics Cards

An anonymous reader writes "Given the great potential of general-purpose computing on graphics processors, it is only natural to expect that malware authors will attempt to tap the powerful features of modern GPUs to their benefit. In this paper, the authors demonstrate the feasibility of implementing a malware that can utilize the GPU (PDF) to evade virus scanning applications. Moreover, the authors discuss the potential of more sophisticated attacks, like accessing the screen pixels periodically to harvest private data displayed on the user screen, or to trick the the user by displaying false, benign-looking information when visiting rogue web sites (e.g., overwriting suspicious URLs with benign-looking ones in the browser's address bar)."

Comments

I guess it already happened to me

[Yvan256]

It says slashdot.org in my URL bar but since the last few months the comments of users appear to be from digg.

I am pleased

[Reilaos]

With this technology, new, more sophisticated Rickrolling is now possible.

Re:I am pleased

[jpapon]

cudaMemcpy(d_rickAstley,h_rickAstley, AMOUNT_OF_TIME*TO_GIVE_U_UP * sizeof(float) ,cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);

d_RickRolled >> (d_rickAstley);

Wrong summary

[blai]

Should read "nvidia adds twitter and pop3 integration to newest line of GPUs"

Re:Process Authentication and Authorization

[Anonymous Coward]

I, too, want my system to crawl to a halt due to a bunch of authentication overhead.

Re:Hehe, what goes around comes around

[postbigbang]

Now that I think of it, my electric razor with new programming, was trying to attack me this morning, or so it seemed...

Re:imagine

[PPH]

Gotta log off now and start working on an algorithm to detect the presence of areola color and texture.