Author: Jay Peters
Image: Hak5
You probably already know that plugging unknown USB flash drives into your computer is risky. There’s a chance that a malicious program could give a hacker access to your personal data. But now, it’s not just drives to be wary of. A security researcher has shown how USB cables, even ones that look like Apple’s Lightning cable, could hijack your machine.
Mike Grover, a security researcher who reportedly works for Verizon Media and goes by “MG” online, has developed modified Lightning cables that can hack someone’s computer, as first reported by Motherboard. MG sold a handful of the “O.MG cables” at the security conference Def Con, and is working with online security products store Hak5 to sell a version of the Lightning-lookalike cable...
Continue reading…
Continue reading...
You probably already know that plugging unknown USB flash drives into your computer is risky. There’s a chance that a malicious program could give a hacker access to your personal data. But now, it’s not just drives to be wary of. A security researcher has shown how USB cables, even ones that look like Apple’s Lightning cable, could hijack your machine.
Mike Grover, a security researcher who reportedly works for Verizon Media and goes by “MG” online, has developed modified Lightning cables that can hack someone’s computer, as first reported by Motherboard. MG sold a handful of the “O.MG cables” at the security conference Def Con, and is working with online security products store Hak5 to sell a version of the Lightning-lookalike cable...
Continue reading…
Continue reading...