Re: Ars: Cross-Platform Malware Communicates With Sound (fwd)
A good third party analysis: http://blog.erratasec.com/2013/10/badbios-features-explained.html#.UnN2V2RgZb8
On Nov 1, 2013, at 04:40 , Joi Ito wrote:
Computer viruses are now airborne.
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» Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:00:14 -0700 (PDT)
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» To: slashnews@pestonia.comSubject: Ars: Cross-Platform Malware Communicates With Sound
http://slashdot.org/story/13/10/31/195523R/ars-cross-platform-malware-communicates-with-sound >> Link:
» 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.
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