{"id":233342,"date":"2026-03-15T06:03:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T11:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/new-negative-light-technology-hides-data-transfers-in-plain-sight"},"modified":"2026-03-15T06:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T11:03:37","slug":"new-negative-light-technology-hides-data-transfers-in-plain-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/new-negative-light-technology-hides-data-transfers-in-plain-sight","title":{"rendered":"New \u2018negative light\u2019 technology hides data transfers in plain sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-negative-light-technology-hides-data-transfers-in-plain-sight.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Engineers at UNSW Sydney and Monash have developed an innovative way of sending hidden information that\u2019s hard to intercept. Using a phenomenon known as \u201cnegative luminescence,\u201d the system works by making signals blend perfectly into the background of natural heat radiation, such as can be seen with a thermal camera.<\/p>\n<p>To outside observers, it looks like no data is being sent at all. Only a receiver with the right equipment can pick up the hidden message.<\/p>\n<p>Because the very act of communication is invisible, the method makes signals almost impossible to intercept or hack. That means it could one day offer a powerful new security tool for sensitive communications in fields like defense and finance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineers at UNSW Sydney and Monash have developed an innovative way of sending hidden information that\u2019s hard to intercept. Using a phenomenon known as \u201cnegative luminescence,\u201d the system works by making signals blend perfectly into the background of natural heat radiation, such as can be seen with a thermal camera. To outside observers, it looks [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}