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LAN Party Forums => FITES News => Started by: decepticon on September 30, 2010, 07:37:50 AM

Title: GPU-Assisted Malware Can Be Difficult to Detect
Post by: decepticon on September 30, 2010, 07:37:50 AM

Oh boy...this aint good.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/GPU-CUDA-Nvidia-Malware-polymorphism,news-8155.html (http://www.tomsguide.com/us/GPU-CUDA-Nvidia-Malware-polymorphism,news-8155.html)

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A proof-of-concept code shows that malware may get really nasty in the near future.

ZoomWhile GPUs bring parallel processing and superior graphics to the PC, they can also be tools for malicious purposes.

According to a research paper entitled GPU-Assisted Malware, a team of scientists from Greece and the U.S. has developed proof-of-concept code that dumps malware components onto the GPU during the "unpacking" process of an executed malicious file, evading traditional security defenses.

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So now we are going to have to get AV scanners for our graphics cards.

Title: Re: GPU-Assisted Malware Can Be Difficult to Detect
Post by: vincegun on September 30, 2010, 04:35:33 PM

AV scanners for our graphics cards that're powered by our graphics cards.

.....not only will they be powered by our graphics cards, to unlock the TRUE potential of the AV scanner, you'll have to run the GPU in SLI! It's a plot by Nvidia and AMD, I tells ya!!!!11!!

Title: Re: GPU-Assisted Malware Can Be Difficult to Detect
Post by: nitro237 on January 08, 2011, 01:34:39 PM

so guess ill run onboard video then id like to see them try to infect... it probably take a week to make it to the memory

Title: Re: GPU-Assisted Malware Can Be Difficult to Detect
Post by: The Shoctor on January 09, 2011, 10:22:54 AM

Man, doesn't it give a warning like this thread hasn't been posted to in X days?

LOL

Title: Re: GPU-Assisted Malware Can Be Difficult to Detect
Post by: Nimby on February 05, 2011, 04:43:25 PM

Necro-Necro-NecroPOSSSSTTTTTT.

(It was super effective.)