Rutgers Researchers Discover Security Vulnerabilities in Virtual Reality Headsets (IMAGE)

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Rutgers Researchers Discover Security Vulnerabilities in Virtual Reality Headsets

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Rutgers researchers have published the first work examining how hackers could use popular virtual reality headsets to steal sensitive information communicated via voice-command, including credit card data and passwords. The study will be presented at the annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking in March.

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