Hack Air-Gapped Computers Using Heat

An anonymous reader writes Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have discovered a new method to breach air-gapped computer systems called "BitWhisper," which enables two-way communications between adjacent, unconnected PC computers using heat. BitWhisper bridges the air-gap between the two computers, approximately 15 inches apart that are infected with malware by using their heat emissions and built-in thermal sensors to communicate. It establishes a covert, bi-directional channel by emitting heat from one PC to the other in a controlled manner. Also at Wired.

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Re:The larger problem is

[gstoddart]

And how did Stuxnet spread?

In some cases, by exploiting removable media.

If you think there's no precedent for getting the infection onto the machine, you're horribly mistaken.

Re:goddamnit!!!

[wonkey_monkey]

If anything, then, I'd say they've hacked the air gap, not the computers.