Experimental Attack Can Steal Data from Air-Gapped Computers

Carly Page, *TechCrunch*, 24 Aug 2022, via ACM TechNews, August 26, 2022

Security researcher Mordechai Guri at Israel's Ben Gurion University
identified an experimental exploit for stealing data from
Internet-disconnected computers. Guri said the Gairoscope attack uses a
smartphone's gyroscope to exfiltrate information from air-gapped computers
just "a few meters away." He said an attacker monitoring sounds emanating
from the speakers of the air-gapped system could gain data like passwords or
login credentials. Guri said these inaudible frequencies generate "tiny …

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