Cybersecurity

Iran-linked ‘Lord Nemesis’ group appears intent on intimidating Israeli organizations, report says

An Iranian state-backed hacking group recently infiltrated a company that makes academic administration software and used that access to intimidate other Israeli organizations, analysts said on Thursday. The overall goal of the operation appeared to be hacktivism and not necessarily financial gain, according to OP Innovate, the Israeli company that investigated the incident. In November, […]

Cybersecurity

Researchers Extract Sounds From Still Images on Smartphone Cameras

A group of academic researchers has devised a technique to extract sounds from still images captured using smartphone cameras with rolling shutter and movable lens structures. The movement of camera hardware, such as the Complementary Metal-oxide–Semiconductor (CMOS) rolling shutters and the moving lenses used for Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and Auto Focus (AF), create sounds […]