The Only Way You Can Delete This NSA Malware Is to Smash Your Hard Drive to Bits (opens in new tab)

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3 pointsironic_ali6y ago4 comments

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Anyone got any idea about how they might bridge airgapped computers like they mention in the article?

I’ve heard theories before about out of human hearing range audio signals acting as initiation/connection signals to laptops and that the firmware in a lot of these laptop mic subsystems has this kind of code always running and ready.

It would definitely be interesting to hear of some genuine examples.

Fjolsvith6y ago

"Much like previously discovered NSA malware such as Stuxnet and Flame, Equation Group's malware platforms can spread between air-gapped computers, ones that aren't connected to the internet, via USB sticks;"

richliss6y ago

Yeh I got that but was hoping for something more interesting

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richliss6y ago

Anyone got any idea about how they might bridge airgapped computers like they mention in the article?

It would definitely be interesting to hear of some genuine examples.

Fjolsvith6y ago

richliss6y ago

Yeh I got that but was hoping for something more interesting

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