Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoUSB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics — O.MG pen testing cable contains a hidden antenna and another die embedded in the microcontrollerwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down112cross-posted to: hardware@programming.devtechnology@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkUSB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics — O.MG pen testing cable contains a hidden antenna and another die embedded in the microcontrollerwww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware@programming.devtechnology@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-26 days agoI thought the pen-testing cable was compromised. Which would make for an interesting supply chain attack. The article wasn’t really clear on this, but I did get that they were simply referring to the large amount of circuitry.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoYeah it’s a weirdly written article if it’s just comparing the OMG cable to regular ones. Doesn’t really explain well what they’re trying to say.
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoAt first I was going to say that’s silly, why wouldn’t they target more volume. But then I realized that it would be interesting to have a focused ability to see what black hats and whitehats are working on at any given time. And yeah that is an interesting angle…
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoNot to mention mass scale HW supply chain attack would likely have massive geopolitical and economic risks.
I thought the pen-testing cable was compromised. Which would make for an interesting supply chain attack.
The article wasn’t really clear on this, but I did get that they were simply referring to the large amount of circuitry.
Yeah it’s a weirdly written article if it’s just comparing the OMG cable to regular ones. Doesn’t really explain well what they’re trying to say.
At first I was going to say that’s silly, why wouldn’t they target more volume.
But then I realized that it would be interesting to have a focused ability to see what black hats and whitehats are working on at any given time.
And yeah that is an interesting angle…
Not to mention mass scale HW supply chain attack would likely have massive geopolitical and economic risks.