Laptops, apparently of any kind, can be hacked by hackers using a simple USB-C charger, thanks to a vulnerability that allows exploitation using this standard. In the video clip below you have a demonstration in which an Apple MacBook is hacked using a USB-C charger, the person who made everything stating that the process is done without the user ever having any idea about what it happens.
In order for a laptop to be hacked in such a way, it is necessary for that charger to be modified to include a series of special components that also have the software that is injected into the computer. The interesting part is that although the demonstration is done on an Apple MacBook, those who carried out the experiment claim that any laptop that has a USB-C port can be exploited in the same way by a malicious person.
Laptops can be SHARED with a USB-C Charger
Demo of a work in progress. I'm looking for help with writing payloads. Come chat with me at @defcon if you'd like to collaborate.
Power adapter. Silent infection. Cross platform. Not just Apple hardware.
Project page with info: https://t.co/b62N5cWVSG
1 / n pic.twitter.com/pxwrb9o9HU- _MG_ (@_MG_) August 3
Neither laptops running Windows, nor those running macOS, currently have alerts to tell users that they have been infected in such a way, but the researchers have not yet disclosed the exploitation method. In one of the exploits made by them, the login screen for operating systems is modified to steal login data in laptops, but this is only one of the possibilities.
"When you plug in a device and it's automatically trusted, that may not be a good idea […] We could start doing some level of trust-based pairing that we see with Bluetooth devices, or some level of firewall so that at least the first time a new device is plugged in you should be alerted."
In other exploitation methods, hackers can modify any kind of websites to steal login data for almost any platform, so we are talking about something that is impossible to detect by an ordinary user. At the moment, the only method of protection against an attack of this kind is to buy only original chargers, those from various unknown manufacturers, especially Chinese ones, which can infect laptops through USB-C ports.
And there was another loud-mouth that was cleverer that there is no such thing.... Living in a cave next to poverty, you don't develop your brain... you simply stay behind with time and the evolution of things
There's another smart guy on this site who says he's seen packets of malware getting onto some people's smartphones via micro-USB.
Now he confuses the vulnerability of a weak operating system like MacOS with the most advanced mobile operating system (the real one, not what Apple chews on)
I say that Mac OS is vulnerable because it has proven in the past that Apple engineers do not care about OS security (user: admin | password: root, and that's it, you have access to the system)
And there was another loud-mouth that was cleverer that there is no such thing.... Living in a cave next to poverty, you don't develop your brain... you simply stay behind with time and the evolution of things
There's another smart guy on this site who says he's seen packets of malware getting onto some people's smartphones via micro-USB.
Now he confuses the vulnerability of a weak operating system like MacOS with the most advanced mobile operating system (the real one, not what Apple chews on)
I say that Mac OS is vulnerable because it has proven in the past that Apple engineers do not care about OS security (user: admin | password: root, and that's it, you have access to the system)
again? Merlinel-Meaunel will be sad!
Fortunately, Apple will solve the problem in a short time, while Microsoft Android will probably have to wait 1 year
Haha
Fortunately, Apple will solve the problem in a short time, while Microsoft Android will probably have to wait 1 year
Haha
Fortunately, Apple will solve the problem in a short time, while Microsoft Android will probably have to wait 1 year
Haha
There are no viruses on Mac OS that are installed automatically or "secretly" or run like in Windows! So don't compare macOs with anything else because you're embarrassing anyway
There is another smart person who does not understand what the article is about and the fact that it is on all platforms and operating systems..windows macos ios android and linux. He sits like a poor man on a cheap windows that breaks from your browser, but he talks like a macos that any small or big problem Apple will solve in a few days
God, how low can he be and as I told him 2 days ago, he lacked originality and copied my style of commenting
Fortunately, Apple will solve the problem in a short time, while Microsoft Android will probably have to wait 1 year
Haha
There are no viruses on Mac OS that are installed automatically or "secretly" or run like in Windows! So don't compare macOs with anything else because you're embarrassing anyway
if he doesn't use it...he also gets rid of the few problems that appear in a year...whereas with Android or Windows there are hundreds of them and they are fixed even after 1 year
In a maximum of one month, Apple will solve it
Has anyone demonstrated the problem? Or do we believe all the "fake" news
I noticed a change in zoom and light in the clip that makes me think
Seriously, what exactly do you want to see to convince yourself? Or are you just commenting pointlessly?