Over the years, there has been news about viruses spreading through sound medium but no study was conclusive.
They have submitted a proof of concept demonstrating how a PC virus called badBIOS spread through microphones.
However the shocking news is that the malware was mutating into strange, unexpected new forms.
Disconnecting the ethernet and power cables didnt work either.
He physically removed the wireless cards from the machine and it didnt have any effect on stopping the virus.
He found out that the badBIOS malware can literally communicate with each other.
Ruius finding were not accepted by the larger security researchers community who assumed Ruiu had made some fundamental mistake.
It would work well as a keylogger, though, noting down usernames and passwords.
These could be used to give access for more traditional viruses.
Without any previous known infections, that is a big mystery that researchers have to solve.
source: www.techworm.net
