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by lucianfelix 2502 days ago
You could easily use the host computer's internet connection to upload data or to execute commands downloaded from a control server.
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If that was your vector, you wouldn’t bother with wifi at all.

I think the real value of this attack is against air-gapped computers... that people charge their wireless devices with? That would be stupid.

> I think the real value of this attack is against air-gapped computers... that people charge their wireless devices with? That would be stupid.

This is how Stuxnet ruined Iran's nuclear centrifuges.