ETHERLED: Air-gapped systems leak data via network card LEDs


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Have you heard of Etherled? A newly-discovered method of exfiltrating data from air-gapped systems.

"If an intruder infects them with specially-crafted malware, they could replace the card driver with a version that modifies the LED color and blinking frequency to send waves of encoded data... "

 

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/etherled-air-gapped-systems-leak-data-via-network-card-leds/?s=09


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Wow what will they think of next. 

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It’s amazing how simple and powerful is.

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Is there anything humans can’t weaponise? 😩

 

I wonder what the data rate was on this attack

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Is there anything humans can’t weaponise? 😩

 

I wonder what the data rate was on this attack

My favourite is exfiltration by CPU’s noise frequency 😂

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