The Spy In The Sandbox A New Attack Which Can Easily Hack Eight Out Of Ten Computers
The Cornell University researchers, Yossef Oren, Vasileios P. Kemerlis, Simha Sethumadhavan and Angelos D. Keromytis state that ‘The Spy in the Sandbox’ is the first micro-architectural side-channel attack which runs entirely within browser. Unlike other exploits, the potential hacker does not need to install any special software/inject any malware in the victim’s computer to carry out the spy in the sandbox attack. The exploit requires the potential hacker has to lure a victim to an untrusted web page with content controlled by the attacker....