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Researchers describe “Pixnapping” Android side‑channel that can steal 2FA codes
A team of academic researchers disclosed “Pixnapping,” a side‑channel pixel‑stealing technique that can recover on‑screen data including two‑factor codes on Android by exploiting rendering APIs and graphical operations, and Google has issued patches under CVE‑2025‑48561 while some issues remain unpatched.
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UC Irvine researchers say high-precision mice can be used to eavesdrop on conversations
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine say high-precision optical mice can pick up tiny desk vibrations from speech and, using signal processing and machine learning, be converted into audible reconstructions; the team published details on a Google research site and an arXiv paper.
