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Drone Spies on Hard Drives- Daily Security Byte

February 24, 2017 By Corey Nachreiner

We’ve seen researchers exfiltrate data using electromagnetic feilds (EMF), high frequency audio, and even cellular frequencies, but this is the first time I’ve heard of a drone exfiltrating data from the blinky light on a hard drive.

The researchers at Ben Gurion University are know for sharing creative ways future attackers might steal data through covert channels, even when a computer is not connected to a network. Their latest research involves malware that takes over the light on a hard drive to send messages at a speed of 4000 bytes per second. Watch today’s byte to learn more about this attack, and how they might use a drone to recover the communications from a hard drive LED.

Episode Runtime: 2:48

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3pYE6h1qL0

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Researchers use drone to exfiltrate data from hard drive LED – Tech Republic
  • Academic whitepaper on the LED-it-GO attack – bgu.ac.il

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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