[HN Gopher] USB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics
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       USB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics
        
       Author : toss1
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2024-12-05 22:19 UTC (41 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.tomshardware.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.tomshardware.com)
        
       | talldayo wrote:
       | > The good news is that these cables are expensive, with prices
       | starting at $119.99 for the most basic version. So, you don't
       | have to be worried about someone spreading this malicious
       | hardware to provide widespread chaos among the public at large.
       | 
       | That's pretty damn cheap as far as hardware-enabled exploits go,
       | and it looks like the keylogger-enabled "Elite" version is just
       | $199.99. If the basic one is limited to spoofed keyboard and
       | mouse inputs, I'm temted to order one just to mess around with
       | people...
        
       | mannyv wrote:
       | This title is clickbait.
       | 
       | They didn't scan a random USB cable, they scanned an OMG cable,
       | which is designed to hide a bunch of pen testing stuff.
        
       | noman-land wrote:
       | The O.MG cables are indeed $200 but the EvilCrow cables are $25
       | dollars and have a programmable ESP32-S3 inside. This has wifi,
       | bluetooth, and a ton of other stuff.
        
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