Security News

NVIDIA Patches High Severity Bugs in GPU Display Driver
2019-05-13 13:08

NVIDIA has released patches to address High severity vulnerabilities in its NVIDIA GPU Display Driver that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges or execute code on vulnerable systems.  read more

Nvidia Warns Windows Gamers on GPU Driver Flaws
2019-05-10 15:43

Nvidia has patched three vulnerabilities in its Windows GPU display driver that could enable information disclosure, denial of service and privilege escalation.

NVIDIA Patches High Risk Vulnerabilities in GPU Display Drivers
2019-02-26 17:42

NVIDIA has released a security update for the NVIDIA GPU display driver, to address several High severity vulnerabilities impacting GeForce, Quadro, NVS, and Tesla products.  read more

Week in review: VirtualBox 0day, GPU side channel attacks, vulnerable self-encrypting SSDs
2018-11-11 18:41

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Five key considerations when developing a Security Operations Center Organizations should start with the following...

GPU side channel attacks can enable spying on web activity, password stealing
2018-11-06 07:54

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,...

Beware this Android emulator, it's hijacking your GPU to mine cryptocurrency
2018-06-18 18:55

Users have accused Andy OS Android Emulator of secretly dropping a cryptocurrency miner on your system that runs endlessly.

Android Phones Vulnerable to Remote Rowhammer Attack via GPU
2018-05-03 15:03

A team of researchers has shown how malicious actors could leverage graphics processing units (GPUs) to launch Rowhammer attacks remotely against Android smartphones. read more

Intel Processors Now Allows Antivirus to Use Built-in GPUs for Malware Scanning
2018-04-17 16:18

Global chip-maker Intel on Tuesday announced two new technologies—Threat Detection Technology (TDT) and Security Essentials—that not only offer hardware-based built-in security features across...

New Intel tool uses GPU to scan for viruses, saving time and compute resources
2018-04-17 12:48

Intel also announced Advanced Platform Telemetry, which uses machine learning to improve threat detection.

Intel, Microsoft to use GPU to scan memory for malware
2018-04-17 03:00

The company is also using its processors’ performance monitoring to detect malicious code.