Researchers have discovered a new type of attack that lets hackers snoop in on homeowners’ private conversations with the help of their robot vacuums.
Researchers called this attack “LidarPhone” because it operates through the vacuum cleaner’s sensors. Used for mapping the house, the LiDAR sensors (Light Detection and Ranging – that use light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure distances to or from nearby objects and avoid the obstacles) can also be repurposed to detect acoustic signals with a corrupted device. While connected to the house’s local network, it allows the attackers to eavesdrop on private conversations in the target’s home. The vacuums can distinguish the acoustic signals from any room and process the raw signal to extract information.
Check the source.
Read More
- H0lyGh0st Ransomware After Small and Midsize BusinessesMicrosoft has linked H0lyGh0st, a cyberthreat that emerged in June 2021 and targets small-to-midsized businesses, to North Korean state-sponsored […]
- Popular NFT Marketplace Ravaged by $540M Phishing SchemeIn March, a North Korean APT netted $540 million thanks to a massive phishing operation carried out on the […]
- Massive $59M Facebook Phishing Campaign Steals Nearly 400M CredentialsThreat actors have managed to net a staggering $59 million and steal hundreds of millions of credentials in a […]
- Human Error is a Top Security Risk in 2022, New Report ShowsA new report from Verizon warns about the human error as being one of the most frequent causes of […]
- Paying The Ransom – An Open Invitation For A Second Attack, 2022 Report WarnsWhether the unlucky victim of a ransomware attack ends up paying the ransom or not, they are still susceptible […]
Attribution:
