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Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering Featured Research & Innovation Security Stories
Eavesdropping on laptop, smart speaker microphones demonstrated in new security attack
June 12, 2025Simple, cheap components let people hear everything a microphone picks up.
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Laser Attack Blinds Autonomous Vehicles, Deleting Pedestrians and Confusing Cars
November 2, 2022New research reveals that expertly timed lasers shined at an approaching lidar system can create a blind spot in front of the vehicle large enough to completely hide moving pedestrians and other obstacles. The deleted data causes the cars to think the road is safe to continue moving along, endangering whatever may be in the attack’s blind spot.
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