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Malware Uses Security Cameras With Infrared Capabilities to Steal Data

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Proof-of-concept malware created by a team of Israeli researchers uses the infrared capabilities of modern security cameras as a channel for data exfiltration, but also to receive new commands from its operators.

Named aIR-Jumper, the malware is meant to be installed on computers that interact with security surveillance cameras/software, or on a computer in the same network with the camera, so the attacker can have a way to hack his way into the device.

 

The malware works by taking data collected from an infected computer, breaking it down into binary ones and zeros, and leveraging the camera’s API make the device’s infrared LEDs blink, using this mechanism as a way to exfiltrate data from an infected network.

The malware works by taking data collected from an infected computer, breaking it down into binary ones and zeros, and leveraging the camera’s API make the device’s infrared LEDs blink, using this mechanism as a way to exfiltrate data from an infected network.

 

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