Janet Jackson?!

Posted by: jmwking

Janet Jackson?! - 20/08/2022 02:40

Anyone have Janet Jackson on their empeg?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/...me-old-laptops/

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-38392

"A certain 5400 RPM OEM hard drive, as shipped with laptop PCs in approximately 2005, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (device malfunction and system crash) via a resonant-frequency attack with the audio signal from the Rhythm Nation music video."

That's a novel bug!
Posted by: JBjorgen

Re: Janet Jackson?! - 21/08/2022 04:43

I've got that whole album, and the empeg has survived so far smile
Posted by: DWallach

Re: Janet Jackson?! - 22/08/2022 14:58

This is definitely a beautiful attack. I'm sure if you wanted to do a bunch of legwork, you could find suitable frequencies to crash other hard drives.