New FROST attack leverages SSD side-channel to reveal browsing activity

Security researchers have demonstrated a new browser-based side-channel attack that can monitor user activity by measuring subtle timing variations in SSD access, allowing malicious websites to infer which sites users visit and which applications they launch. The attack, named FROST (Fingerprinting Remotely using OPFS-based SSD Timing), abuses the browser's Origin Private File System (OPFS) API, … The post New FROST attack leverages SSD side-channel to reveal browsing activity appeared first on CyberInsider.