I don't get all these "security 'researcher' writes malware to use hardware as intended" stories. If you're owned, you're owned.
Duh? The system is *designed* for jack role switching. Every engineer who has ever worked with Intel HDA knows this. It's even in some UIs!https://twitter.com/Gizmodo/status/801822915155128321 …
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"Protecting against this attack is difficult" - how about not getting infected with malware in the first place?
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recordingport+headphone = audiorecord it always worked. It has low input because no amplifier but it works fine
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Due to how Intel HDA is designed chances are good you can turn on the mic preamp on the "line out" jack. They're flexible.
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And the point is that if an attacker is running code on your system, you've already lost. This isn't an "attack".
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