# New SnailLoad Attack Exploits Network Latency To Spy On Users' Web Activities

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/new-snailload-attack-exploits-network-latency-to-spy-on-users-web-activities/286151>\
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**Tags:** hacking\
**Created:** [July 6, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-snailload-attack-exploits-network-latency-to-spy-on-users-web-activities/286151 "2024-07-06T20:27:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nina](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/nina/32/86958_2.png) [@Nina](https://onehack.st/u/Nina)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-snailload-attack-exploits-network-latency-to-spy-on-users-web-activities/286151/1 "2024-07-06T20:27:00Z")

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**Summary:**

1. Researchers from Graz University introduce SnailLoad, a side-channel attack exploiting network latency to deduce users’ web activities.
2. The attack tricks targets into loading assets from a malicious server, using latency measurements to infer visited websites or watched videos.
3. SnailLoad achieves up to 98% accuracy for video identification, highlighting a new privacy threat without needing direct network access.

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