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by shakna 39 days ago
A USB that was both storage and a keyboard, that executed the keystrokes to download malware, was demo'd at a DefCon a few years back.
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menno-sh 38 days ago
Even worse than a rubber ducky: the O.MG cable does the same thing, but looks like a regular USB cable. Their Apple Lightning-dupe [0] is my favorite. The creator was on Darknet Diaries a while ago, too. [1]

[0] https://shop.hak5.org/products/omg-cable [1] https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/161/

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crumpled 38 days ago
BadUSB, Blackhat 2014.

That's almost 12 years now. A novice can now get ATmega32 USB devices Prime delivered. Not a cutting edge theoretical attack anymore but a basic tool in a every pen tester's toolbox now.

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