Desktop scanners can be hijacked to perpetrate cyberattacks
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 14:01
in Psychology & Sociology
The researchers conducted several demonstrations to transmit a message into computers connected to a flatbed scanner. Using direct laser light sources up to a half-mile (900 meters) away, as well as on a drone outside their office building, the researchers successfully sent a message to trigger malware through the scanner.