That would rather depend on who was doing the hacking and why :wink:

Emsisoft releases new decryptor for STOP Djvu ransomware
https://blog.emsisoft.com/en/34375/emsisoft-releases-new-decryptor-for-stop-djvu-ransomware/
https://www.emsisoft.com/ransomware-decryption-tools/stop-djvu

EXCLUSIVE – Last Punched Tape Crypto Key Rolls off the NSA’s Machines
https://www.cbronline.com/news/nsa-punched-tape-keys

Phishing attack targeting United Nations and humanitarian organizations discovered by Lookout Phishing AI
https://blog.lookout.com/lookout-phishing-ai-discovers-phishing-attack-targeting-humanitarian-organizations

Tracking down the developer of Android adware affecting millions of users
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/10/24/tracking-down-developer-android-adware/

Cash App Scams: Giveaway Offers Ensnare Instagram Users, While YouTube Videos Promise Easy Money
https://www.tenable.com/blog/cash-app-scams-giveaway-offers-ensnare-instagram-users-while-youtube-videos-promise-easy-money

New cyberattacks targeting sporting and anti-doping organizations
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2019/10/28/cyberattacks-sporting-anti-doping/

Xhelper: Persistent Android dropper app infects 45K devices in past 6 months
https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/xhelper-android-malware

Speaking Truth to Power: Reflections on My Career at Microsoft
https://onezero.medium.com/speaking-truth-to-power-reflections-on-a-career-at-microsoft-90f80a449e36

Office 365 Users Targeted by Voicemail Scam Pages
https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/office-365-users-targeted-by-voicemail-scam-pages/

MESSAGETAP: Who’s Reading Your Text Messages?
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/10/messagetap-who-is-reading-your-text-messages.html

Emsisoft Decryptor for Paradise
https://www.emsisoft.com/ransomware-decryption-tools/paradise
https://decrypter.emsisoft.com/howtos/emsisoft_howto_paradise.pdf

Exclusive: U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok - sources
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tiktok-cfius-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-opens-national-security-investigation-into-tiktok-sources-idUSKBN1XB4IL

BlueKeep (CVE 2019-0708) exploitation spotted in the wild
https://www.kryptoslogic.com/blog/2019/11/bluekeep-cve-2019-0708-exploitation-spotted-in-the-wild/

Light Commands: Laser-Based Audio Injection Attacks on Voice-Controllable Systems
https://lightcommands.com/
https://lightcommands.com/20191104-Light-Commands.pdf

There is obviously a lot more to this than simply shining a laser light at the device.
Keeping the device out of line of sight at this point is the best defense.
Living in the boonies is another. :slight_smile:

The much-publicized BlueKeep threat has finally emerged – why should you care?
https://blog.avast.com/what-is-bluekeep

DarkUniverse – the mysterious APT framework #27
https://securelist.com/darkuniverse-the-mysterious-apt-framework-27/94897/

Microsoft works with researchers to detect and protect against new RDP exploits
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2019/11/07/the-new-cve-2019-0708-rdp-exploit-attacks-explained/

Titanium: the Platinum group strikes again
https://securelist.com/titanium-the-platinum-group-strikes-again/94961/