[Informatics] Security: Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You

[Mark]

"CAUTIOUS COMPUTER USERS put a piece of tape over their webcam. Truly
paranoid ones worry about their devices’ microphones—some even crack open
their computers and phones to disable or remove those audio components so
they can’t be hijacked by hackers.

"Now one group of Israeli researchers has taken that game of spy-versus-spy
paranoia a step further, with malware that converts your headphones into
makeshift microphones that can slyly record your conversations."

Read more...

https://www.wired.com/2016/11/great-now-even-headphones-can-spy/


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Mark Kelly

mark at vceit.com
http://vceit.com
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