Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 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[email protected]
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 · 16 days agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware[email protected]
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 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-up1·16 days agoNot to mention mass scale HW supply chain attack would likely have massive geopolitical and economic risks.
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.