Thumb drives have long been suspect, right? Here's an article from 2011:While I understand the utility behind "smart" cables, including updatable firmware, this makes me uncomfortable concerning "evil maid" attacks. Now we have to watch out anytime we plug anything into our machines. Apple has done a good job at remediating this sort of attack vector, but this seems like a security nightmare for those living in PC land. I recently mentioned that MSI shipped 300 models of motherboards with Secure Boot disabled for over 18 months. If major companies can't handle simple security measures like that, then I don't see this working out well.
These days, any USB drive that isn't personally vetted is automatically suspect. What next, our toaster ovens will need firmware updates? Oh wait.
Oh certainly, thumb drives have been an issue for ages, which is why I brought it up as an example.Thumb drives have long been suspect, right? Here's an article from 2011:
That's probably already happened. If not for corporate espionage, then the spycraft of three letter government agencies from around the globe.I'm more intrigued by the possibility of swapping out someone's cable with an identical-looking one that installs a malicious program the next time the user logs in. Would be great for industrial espionage.
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