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Desktop Scanners Can Be Hijacked to Perpetrate Cyberattacks, According to BGU and Weizmann Institute Researchers
A typical office scanner can be infiltrated and a company’s network compromised using different light sources, according to a new paper by researchers from BGU and the Weizmann Institute of Science. “In this research, we demonstrated how to use a laser or smart bulb to establish a covert channel between an outside attacker and malware installed on a networked computer,” says Ben Nassi, a graduate student in BGU’s Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering as well as a researcher at BGU’s Cyber Security Research Center (CSRC). “A scanner with the lid left open is sensitive to changes in t...
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