Sunday, September 20, 2020

How to Detect Malicious USB Cables

A malicious cable is any cable (electrical or optical) which performs an unexpected, and unwanted function. The most common malicious capabilities are found in USB cables. Data exfiltration, GPS tracking, and audio eavesdropping are the primary malicious functions...

The worst malicious cables take control of a user’s cell phone, laptop, or desktop...

We purchased and tested several malicious USB cables. From what was learned during these tests our technical staff developed several new inspection protocols.

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Can’t identify the bugged cable?
No worries. You can’t tell just by looking, even we can’t.

That’s why we put a small black mark on it.
It is Cable 3.