My External Hard Drive Makes a Ticking Sound. Computer hard drives contain numerous moving parts to read and write your data. Over time, or through rough handling, these parts can wear out or ...

Attackers can use sound waves to interfere with a hard drive's normal mode of operation, creating a temporary or permanent denial of state (DoS) that could be used to prevent CCTV systems from ...

Wrong. As security researchers recently demonstrated, the sounds of your computer’s hard drive can be used to transmit data from an air-gapped and seemingly well-protected machine.

Ignore them for too long, and you might find yourself facing corrupted files, dead components, or even a fried PC. The first time I heard a faint ticking coming from my desktop, I assumed it was one ...