Researchers have found that once malware is on a computer, it can indirectly control a hard-drive (HDD) activity LED, turning it on and off rapidly (thousands of flickers per second) -- a rate that ...

A new hack has been discovered that gathers sensitive information from a desktop computer's tiny blinking LED lights. Researchers have successfully extracted a computer's secrets using a data-stealing ...

There's no reason to settle for something as simple as blinking lights when a little bit of hacking can turn basic LED Christmas lights into a rainbow-riffic computer controlled light show. Deep Darc, ...

Monitoring your CPU usage isn't the most fun thing in the world, but when you're working with CPU intensive programs it's a necessity. If you're sick of flicking back-and-forth between programs to see ...

Two decades ago, Tsutomu Shimomura made headlines for helping the FBI track down computer hacker Kevin Mitnick. Tsutomu Shimomura. Today, Shimomura is still working with advanced technology — albeit ...

There’s a small but dedicated group of folks out there who spend all year planning their Christmas decorations. These aren’t simple lawn ornaments or displays, either, but have evolved into complex ...

Hackers may be able to covertly steal sensitive data, including passwords, from isolated computer systems by using the blinking LED lights built into PCs, laptops and servers, research suggests. The ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Gregory Han After further testing, we’ve added the Gantri Analog Task Light, ...