This malware steals data using your Internet-less computer’s fans

[Guest Chris Smith]

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/e5b5f70c3130ec6b1d3cdf86a5355d92.jpgSo you have an air-gapped computer, or unconnected to the Internet, and you think your data is secured just because it’s not accessible online? In most cases that might be true, but that’s not 100% accurate. There are ways to steal information from computers that are not connected to the web, and smart hackers will not stop looking for such tricks. The newest such malware would let attackers steal information from supposedly secure computers with the help of the sound made by its fans and processor.

 

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