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All of this equipment needs power so that could be another attack vector. For example, we already have powerline networking. In theory you could include somethi
by treebeard901 10y ago
All of this equipment needs power so that could be another attack vector. For example, we already have powerline networking. In theory you could include something like that in a power supply, after all it does connect to the motherboard and expansion cards. Of course it would require collusion among many different companies but it may not be out of the realm of a nation state attack.
- reitanqild 10y agoAgree. Then again a lot of power goes into such sites, often in redundant setups so actually exfiltating anything that way sounds like nation state level for me as well.
- SEJeff 10y agoNo it wouldn't, it would just require intercepting the computer / parts en-route: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-upgrade-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-...
- reitanqild 10y agoI remember reading about this. You are right. But to our defense: at this point we are again beyond the passive eavesdropping scenario I think we discussed above. When you own the networking gear it is more or less game over for the victim anyway, isn't it?