Jumping Air Gaps with Blinking Lights and Drones
Researchers have demonstrated how a malicious piece of software in an air-gapped computer can communicate with a nearby drone using a blinking LED on the computer.
I have mixed feelings about research like this. On the one hand, it’s pretty cool. On the other hand, there’s not really anything new or novel, and it’s kind of a movie-plot threat.
Research paper.
Dr. I. Needtob Athe • March 3, 2017 7:15 AM
Yes, and the movie is Silent Running, where two little robots, which Bruce Dern calls “drones”, give secret signals to each other with blinking lights as he’s teaching them to play poker.