Wednesday, 29 March 2017

Scanner exploited in remote laser hacking attack

The humble flat-bed scanner can be used as a portal into a hacked computer, according to researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Several messages were transmitted to trigger malware in computers using the technique, including from a laser 900m away and from a drone outside the building. “In this research, we demonstrated how to ...

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from Electronics Weekly http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/scanner-exploited-remote-laser-hacking-attack-2017-03/

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