has the ability to use high-frequency transmissions passed between computer speakers and microphones to bridge airgaps. FUCK. FUUUUCK ME. God fucking da

has the ability to use high-frequency transmissions passed between computer speakers and microphones to bridge airgaps. FUCK. FUUUUCK ME. God fucking damn it. That shit right there just blows the fucking lid off damn near everything. It's worse than fucking laser interferometers as far as I'm concerned. That, combined with a nasty firmware hack, pretty much fucks everything. Like, in addition to BIOS, consider the ramifications of hard drive firmware... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6148347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6148347 And now I have to think twice about that whole microphones inside random domestic appliances business: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6628627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6628627 I guess the audio attack vector isn't so outlandish after all, considering fax machines have piggybacked on audio channels for decades, but the whole bug-inside-the-iron thing is still pretty random.