Tuesday, June 23, 2020

How to Detect Hacked Charging Cables

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  • They Appear Normal
  • They Blend In
  • They Suck Up Your Data
They are Alien Cables from Hacker Space.

Imagine a charging cable which looks exactly, and I mean exactly, like any stock charging cable. Oh, just one difference. This charging cable has built-in Wi-Fi and can run penetration programs on whatever it is plugged into.

Hacked charging cables exist, in four versions and two colors, white and black, and they sell for $119.99.

Ostensibly, they are, “built for covert field-use by Red Teams.” However, anyone can buy one. We did. 

Determining if the following claims are true is important to protecting our clients.

“It looks like the real thing. It feels like the real thing, down to the millimeter.” Has “features that enhance remote execution, stealth, and forensics evasion.”
Our tests revealed... more