Not So Incognito: Exploiting Resource-Based Side Channels in JavaScript Engines

In this thesis, a resource-based side channel vulnerability is shown to exist in the JavaScript engines deployed in today's front-running internet browsers. A remote attack is constructed to exploit this vulnerability at a distance, and three distinct attacker models leveraging the side channel...

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Main Author: Booth, Jo
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Harvard University 2015
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Online Access:http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:17417578