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PC LED Lights Can Be Used to Hack Data

PC WORLD recently published an article about the type of visible light communication we don’t want, one that leaks passwords and other data.

Here’s how it works. Malware hijacks the blinking lights on a PC, which then transmit data to a drone.

The researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev demonstrated how it could be done in the below video:

Check out the article here.

Another article talked about how researchers were able to hack Philips Hue smart lamps from a drone, which you can read here.

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Craig DiLouie

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