Researchers create crazy new malware that spies on you through your headphones

[Guest Yoni Heisler]

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These days, we seemingly can't go a week without hearing about a dangerous piece of smartphone malware or some new way for hackers to keep tabs on what we're up to. Indeed, the golden age of information has also provided malicious actors with more avenues to spy on, and in some cases steal money from, unsuspecting users.

 

To this point, cyber security researchers from Ben Gurion University in Israel recently disclosed that they've unearthed a way to spy on users via headphones connected to a vulnerable computer. Yep, in 2016, not even your headphones can be used without having to worry about a third-party eavesdropping on your conversations. The software at issue is still very much a proof of concept but it nonetheless appears to be incredibly advanced, creative, and downright frightening.

 

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