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You misunderstand. Malicious USB devices often present themselves to computers as keyboards, which type malicious commands. But they don't look like keyboards,
by jimrandomh 8y ago
You misunderstand. Malicious USB devices often present themselves to computers as keyboards, which type malicious commands. But they don't look like keyboards, or have keys on them; they usually look like USB storage devices.
- kyle-rb 8y agoNow I'm imagining someone dropping malicious keyboards instead of USB sticks, waiting for people to pick them up and plug them into their computers.
- itronitron 8y agoThey don't drop them but instead ship them to arrive for Friday delivery. Over the course of the weekend the malicious keyboard cuts its way out of the shipping envelope and scans the target office for the nearest USB port. More recent models will shove the existing keyboard behind the desk, like a Cuckoo chick does with any remaining eggs after hatching.
- delinka 8y agoYou misunderstand. Start forcing me to type my password as the first thing into a new keyboard, and now malicious keyboards can be certain that the first characters up to <ENTER> are a valid password for the device in question.