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When I bought my last car, they sent what appeared to be a USB flash drive. It had some warranty documents on it, and also emulated a keyboard. I think it pop
by rblatz 12y ago
When I bought my last car, they sent what appeared to be a USB flash drive. It had some warranty documents on it, and also emulated a keyboard. I think it popped up a browser went to a webpage and prefilled my VIN and some other details so I could register my car. This was several years ago. How is this different?
- drivingmenuts 12y agoThat was probably done as an application that ran from the USB stick, similar to the way AUTOEXEC.BAT works on Windows (it sees it on mount, it runs it). I think the exploit version occurs at a lower level down in the bios of the stick, where it's far more insidious.
- rblatz 12y agoI thought I remembered windows saying it detected a new keyboard device, or my brain may have invented that part. I'll see if I can't find it laying around and see how it actually worked.