[CM] Hacking headphones to serve as a microphone

From	RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
Newsgroups	comp.misc, comp.security.misc
Subject	[CM] Hacking headphones to serve as a microphone
Date	2016-11-27 14:31 +0000
Organization	solani.org
Message-ID	<o1eqo9$cpq$1@solani.org> (permalink)

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From the «try taping those up, sucker» department:
Title: Drops the mic... Hang on, hackers could be listening through my headphones?
Author: John Leyden
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 06:10:49 -0500
Link: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/25/speaker_microphone_malware_hack/

RealTek codec vuln can switch speakers from output to input

Experimental malware has highlighted the possibility that hackers might be able
to turn headphones into microphones in order to snoop on computer users.…

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[CM] Hacking headphones to serve as a microphone RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-11-27 14:31 +0000
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