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itwbennett writes:
A team of developers has created a rootkit for Linux systems that uses the processing power and memory of graphics cards instead of CPU's in order to remain hidden. The rootkit, called Jellyfish, is a proof of concept designed to demonstrate that completely running malware on GPU's is a viable option. Such threats could be more sinister than traditional malware programs, according to the Jellyfish developers, in part because there are no tools to analyze GPU malware, they said.
itwbennett writes:
A team of developers has created a rootkit for Linux systems that uses the processing power and memory of graphics cards instead of CPU's in order to remain hidden. The rootkit, called Jellyfish, is a proof of concept designed to demonstrate that completely running malware on GPU's is a viable option. Such threats could be more sinister than traditional malware programs, according to the Jellyfish developers, in part because there are no tools to analyze GPU malware, they said.