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Security vulnerability in browser interface allows computer access via graphics card - EurekAlert


Researchers at Graz University of Technology were successful with three different side-channel attacks on graphics cards via the WebGPU browser interface. The attacks were fast enough to succeed during normal surfing behaviour.

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