Tag: eavesdropping
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Slashdot: Mouse Sensors Can Pick Up Speech From Surface Vibrations, Researchers Show
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/05/2225224/mouse-sensors-can-pick-up-speech-from-surface-vibrations-researchers-show?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Mouse Sensors Can Pick Up Speech From Surface Vibrations, Researchers Show Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, have identified a security vulnerability in high-performance optical mice that can be exploited to capture audio data from a user’s environment, effectively turning…
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Schneier on Security: Encryption Backdoor in Military/Police Radios
Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/encryption-backdoor-in-military-police-radios.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Encryption Backdoor in Military/Police Radios Feedly Summary: I wrote about this in 2023. Here’s the story: Three Dutch security analysts discovered the vulnerabilities—five in total—in a European radio standard called TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio), which is used in radios made by Motorola, Damm, Hytera, and others. The…
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Slashdot: Encryption Made For Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/07/217234/encryption-made-for-police-and-military-radios-may-be-easily-cracked Source: Slashdot Title: Encryption Made For Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights critical vulnerabilities in an encryption algorithm widely used in radios for essential sectors, including law enforcement and military. After researchers discovered a backdoor in the original algorithm,…