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Malware Running On Graphics Cards

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the freeing-up-the-cpu dept.

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)."

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  1. I guess it already happened to me by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  2. I am pleased by Reilaos · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  3. I will show them... by halfEvilTech · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Moreover, the authors discuss the potential of more sophisticated attacks, like accessing the screen pixels periodically and harvest private data displayed on the user screen"

    I guess we just change all fields to mask the entries with **** or if we want to really fool them use dots.