Hackers who took control of PC microphones siphon >600 GB from 70 targets

"justcauseisjustthat wrote: I'm surprised how little they got but then no one is probably looking at the corporate phones on desks. Cisco, Avaya, ShoreTel etc are all vulnerable to be used as bugs to tap offices remotely."

Bugging corporate appliances is easy as well if done by design. A WiFi repeater box plugged in the conference room wall could have a miniscule MEMS microphone and audio preamp wired to a ADC port on the main microcontroller (assuming it's too small to have an audio input), so that it can listen and relay elsewhere when instructed to. And let's not forget about networked printers or even the coffee machine if connected. At an old company I worked with, many decisions of vital importance were taken while drinking coffee on the armchairs around the machine.