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If you're a government operation trying to bug an electronic device, chances are you're certainly not going to have your bug revealed by a simple teardown like
by joshumax 8y ago
If you're a government operation trying to bug an electronic device, chances are you're certainly not going to have your bug revealed by a simple teardown like this. I've heard rumors of certain cases where current fluctuations in the VBUS rail caused by certain peripherals can be used to compromise the USB controller. Additionally, embedded components can be placed between PCB layers, making it essentially appear "invisible" without using an x-ray system.
- gandhium 8y agoThere _was_ a government operation like this recently: "Russia spied on foreign powers at last month’s G20 summit by giving delegations USB pen drives capable of downloading sensitive information from laptops" - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10411473/Russia-spied-on-G20-leaders-with-USB-sticks.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/104...
- BrandoElFollito 8y agoAnd these are simple to do, see BadUSB and Rubber Ducky