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If malware via monitor cables is a matter of national security, this might be the gadget for you

ID: 9c3e6b40-3668-5595-b172-63bd61510452

STIX ID: report--9c3e6b40-3668-5595-b172-63bd61510452

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2026-04-23

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Connor Jones

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The UK National Cyber Security Centre has licensed a hardware product called SilentGlass (produced by Goldilock Labs with Sony UK) that inspects and blocks malicious data on HDMI and DisplayPort connections; the article frames the device as a mitigation for niche but plausible risks such as electromagnetic side-channel (TEMPEST/Deep-TEMPEST) attacks and historical EDID/CEC parsing issues, while noting there is no public evidence of widespread real-world exploitation.

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