Re: Extreme wallbanging

Daira Hopwood <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.capabilities.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 31/10/13 20:24, Chip Morningstar wrote:
> Via Tom Duff:
> 
>> It's purely accidental that the spookiest computer security story I've
>> ever read appeared on Halloween:
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/meet-badbios-the-mysterious-mac-and-pc-malware-that-jumps-airgaps/
>>
>> BIOS malware uses a data link you didn't think you had: ultrasonic 
>> transmissions over PC speakers and microphones. It's immune to airgapping, 
>> and it can use your machine regardless of what OS you're running.

80% chance it'll turn out to be a hoax or severely misdescribed.

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Daira Hopwood ⚥

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