These Hackers Use Your GPU To Load Password-Stealing Malware

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These Hackers Use Your GPU To Load Password-Stealing Malware
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Just when you thought infostealer attacks couldn’t get any more dangerous, hackers are now executing code using the GPU to evade detection and steal your passwords.

Never underestimate hackers’ ingenuity. I learned this very early on in my hacking career, and it’s as accurate now as it was in the late 1980s. What’s more, this mantra unfortunately applies to hackers of the criminal variety as well as those who. You know, the software that is being used by so many cybercriminals to compromise credentials, leading to account theft as well as vast quantities ofon the dark web.

The use of packers is a typical behavior of malware families, but the unpacking of the samples contained is rarely mentioned in security reports because, well, it’s pretty boring and largely of little importance in the broader scheme of things. This is not the case with CoffeeLoader thanks to the clearly distinguishable packer used that can leverage the GPU in such a way as to execute initial malware code to complicate the threat analysis process.

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