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posted by martyb on Sunday April 02 2017, @06:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the is-that-really-such-a-bright-idea? dept.

Corsair has released its first Vengeance RGB DRAM modules, which come with heat spreaders that feature LED lighting that can be controlled by Corsair Link software or GIGABYTE'S RGB Fusion app:

Corsair last week started to sell its first Vengeance RGB memory modules, equipped with full sets of RGB LEDs that can change their colors using OS software. Right now Corsair offers DDR4-2666 and DDR4-3000 modules, but eventually we expect the Vengeance RGB lineup will be expanded.

Just like other Vengeance memory modules, the Vengeance RGB DIMMs are based on Corsair's custom PCBs as well as preselected ICs. The modules come with aluminum heat spreaders featuring RGB LEDs that can change colors dynamically using the Corsair Link software, allowing users to synchronize colors of RGB lighting of their DIMMs and specific motherboard brands. Lighting of each module can be controlled separately as well. The lighting of the Vengeance RGB can also be controlled using GIGABYTE's RGB Fusion app and Corsair states that eventually other producers of LED-controlling software are expected to follow.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 02 2017, @06:50AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 02 2017, @06:50AM (#487847)

    > Why bother doing this?

    Data exfiltration.

    > Does anyone really sit and look at DRAM?

    Your scanner, and every other camera in the vicinity: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/flatbed-scanners-used-as-relay-point-for-controlling-malware-in-air-gapped-systems/ [bleepingcomputer.com]

  • (Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Sunday April 02 2017, @07:37AM (6 children)

    by jimtheowl (5929) on Sunday April 02 2017, @07:37AM (#487853)
    Now I am missing it. What does that so called "research" have to do with DRAM vs any other type of RAM?

    Is that why you post as AC?
    • (Score: 3, Informative) by kaszz on Sunday April 02 2017, @08:10AM (4 children)

      by kaszz (4211) on Sunday April 02 2017, @08:10AM (#487859) Journal

      Because Corsair just succeeded in putting a product onto the market place that enables easy and fast data ex-filtration. One could call it a DRAM with a vengeance ..

      These kind of features defeats air-gaped networks as if dishwasher backdoors [soylentnews.org] isn't enough. The intent is probably to please new-shiny-blink-blink crowd but it just seem to convenient for other purposes, especially when attached to memory electronics.

      A soldering iron might be a good idea.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 02 2017, @10:32AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 02 2017, @10:32AM (#487885)

        Because Corsair just succeeded in putting a product onto the market place that enables easy and fast data ex-filtration. One could call it a DRAM with a vengeance ..

        So you think these DRAM modules will be giving away what your processor is doing by flashing Morse Code with a vengeance? They still don't have light working to transmit data inside a chip let alone sending it across the room via slow LEDs to a scanner with the lid down.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 02 2017, @06:08PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 02 2017, @06:08PM (#487983)

          I think a good way to defeat this is to put the memory in computer chassis not designed by blingy hipsters.

          wait no one would put this or any RGB lighting in a server. this will only allow for porn to get stolen from parents basements

        • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday April 03 2017, @03:10PM

          by kaszz (4211) on Monday April 03 2017, @03:10PM (#488219) Journal

          Light transmission can be fixed with system management code, BIOS etc. And no one knows what all these integrated chips really do anyway.

      • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Monday April 03 2017, @12:50AM

        by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 03 2017, @12:50AM (#488060)
        So you plan on using RGB RAM in a windowed PC case, in the same building you are going to use that Miele Professional PG 8528 Lab [miele-pro.com] washer you referenced? Because you should probably be fired for that.

        These products are aimed at PC gamers, not servers or professional workstations. Not many PC gamers airgap their computers to protect them from their refrigerator sized, $6,000 lab washers.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 03 2017, @09:28AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 03 2017, @09:28AM (#488146)

      jim did you smoke before posting?

      nothing in tfa nor the AC's fa nor the comment chain, except for you, mentions DRAM vs. other RAM.