Can Malicious Hardware Be Hidden Inside a USB-C Cable?
Posted by GaiusPublius
Can Malicious Hardware Be Hidden Inside a USB-C Cable?
Posted by GaiusPublius
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Submission statement:
Imagine this malicious tech in “the wrong hands.” It’s actually already in the wrong hands: Any state actor can pollute the supply chain for tech products like this. The Lebanon pager bombing took a state actor to accomplish. This tech — and much more like it — is available to anyone willing to deploy it. Do you sometimes think the whole tech world is a giant conspiracy?
Thomas
You can buy the cable online for <$200. [https://shop.hak5.org/products/omg-cable?srsltid=AfmBOooX3zw53ZYdOKP3BwfLDaAiLkrDW-TTkFH56YKFwvt4_YyQCpbb](https://shop.hak5.org/products/omg-cable?srsltid=AfmBOooX3zw53ZYdOKP3BwfLDaAiLkrDW-TTkFH56YKFwvt4_YyQCpbb)
Here’s why I try not o buy Chinese goods. especially anything made by Huawei [https://breakingdefense.com/2019/07/hunting-huaweis-hidden-back-doors/](https://breakingdefense.com/2019/07/hunting-huaweis-hidden-back-doors/) even if te vulnerabilitiees wern’t intentionally created they’re still poor quality
Yes
Yes in fact almost everything is backdoored by some nation state or another. Check files published to Wikileaks by Assange ~15 years ago.