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Re:Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables Will Hijack Your Co... by lucianfelix on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:01AM (#20686470)
You could easily use the host computer's internet connection to upload data or to execute commands downloaded from a control server.
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Re:Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables Will Hijack Your Co... by Scoundreller on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:23AM (#20686698)
If that was your vector, you wouldn’t bother with wifi at all.

I think the real value of this attack is against air-gapped computers... that people charge their wireless devices with? That would be stupid.

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Re:Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables Will Hijack Your Co... by crooked-v on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @01:12PM (#20687872)
> I think the real value of this attack is against air-gapped computers... that people charge their wireless devices with? That would be stupid.

This is how Stuxnet ruined Iran's nuclear centrifuges.

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