slamscaper
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This is a bit alarming to me considering my primary monitor is a U2410 (I want to upgrade but the finances are tight after upgrading my rig recently). The U2410 is still a great monitor, even by today's standards. It may not be 4K, but it has wonderful viewing angles, great color uniformity, and accuracy. I seriously doubt Dell addressed the issue so I would imagine most of their monitors are affected by this vulnerability. What scares me most is how they can log your screen output. They could possibly get some sensitive information that way, although passwords are typically not shown on screen unless the user clicks the option to show them (which isn't even allowed on a lot of banking sites).
They said they could perform the hack via USB or HDMI. I'm using Displayport so perhaps I'm safe as long as I don't use the USB hub on the monitor. They weren't clear about this part. Either way this really is alarming and I'm glad there are experts out there finding these vulnerabilities. They help to keep us safer, assuming of course the manufacturers plug the holes, which I suspect many will.
They said they could perform the hack via USB or HDMI. I'm using Displayport so perhaps I'm safe as long as I don't use the USB hub on the monitor. They weren't clear about this part. Either way this really is alarming and I'm glad there are experts out there finding these vulnerabilities. They help to keep us safer, assuming of course the manufacturers plug the holes, which I suspect many will.
