09 June 2026 - 12:32

Category: IT Fail

FROST Attack Tracks Your Every Move

Some researchers found a way to track your apps using nothing but SSD timing, because privacy wasn't already dead enough. I am sure we will all just ignore this while our hardware tattles on us.

FROST Attack Tracks Your Every Move

Source: The Hacker News

The Full Story

Severity: Medium Mood: Frustrating

Because clearly, we did not have enough to worry about, the FROST attack now lets websites snoop on your activity using simple SSD timing. It is truly heart-warming to know your own hardware is snitching on your browsing habits to any passing script. To mitigate this nonsense, we are left hoping that browser vendors eventually block these timing side-channels, though waiting for a real solution is surely a futile exercise. Why bother with secure design when we can just have another security headache to manage?

#privacygone #hardware
Open article →