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0 pointseru5mo ago0 comments

One big problem with USB is that something might look like a storage device to the human eyes and hands, but it's actually a keyboard as far as the computer is concerned.

The U stands for Universal, and it's awfully convenient, but it contributes to the security nightmare.

A CD we can just passively read the bytes off, but if we want our keyboards to just work when we plug them in, then it's going to be harder to secure a supposedly dumb storage device.

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pas5mo ago

Sure, and it can be any kinds of device, and ... it can trick the OS to loading strange drivers (with juicy vulnerabilities), but that's the point. How the fuck is this still the norm? (Despite user mode driver frameworks!?)

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0 pointseru5mo ago0 comments

One big problem with USB is that something might look like a storage device to the human eyes and hands, but it's actually a keyboard as far as the computer is concerned.

The U stands for Universal, and it's awfully convenient, but it contributes to the security nightmare.

A CD we can just passively read the bytes off, but if we want our keyboards to just work when we plug them in, then it's going to be harder to secure a supposedly dumb storage device.

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pas5mo ago

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