Fwd: Ars: Cross-Platform Malware Communicates With Sound (fwd)

Computer viruses are now airborne.

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Date: Thu. 31 Oct 2013 14:00:14 -0700 (PDT) > From > To: > Subject: Ars: Cross-Platform Malware Communicates With Sound > > Link: http://slashdot.org/story/13/10/31/1955239/ars-cross-platform-malware-communicates-with-sound > Posted by: timothy, on 2013-10-31 20:42:00 > An anonymous reader writes "Do you think an airgap can protect your > computer? Maybe not. According to this story at Ars Technica, security > consultant Dragos Ruiu is battling [1]malware that communicates with > infected computers using computer microphones and speakers." That > sounds nuts, but it is a [2]time-tested method of data transfer, after > all.

References

1. http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/meet-badbios-the-mysterious-mac-and-pc-malware-that-jumps-airgaps/

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Datasette

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