Malware turns PCs into eavesdropping devices

Source: American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Summary: Researchers have demonstrated malware that can turn computers into perpetual eavesdropping devices, even without a microphone.

Just as the speakers in headphones turn electromagnetic signals into sound waves through a membrane’s vibrations, those membranes can also work in reverse, picking up sound vibrations and converting them back to electromagnetic signals, say authors of a new report.

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