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Re:Urgent/11 – Zero Day Vulnerabilities Impacting VxWorks by koolba on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @09:19PM (#20691900)
A buck shot approach of mailing malicious USB devices would likely be devastating.
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Re:Urgent/11 – Zero Day Vulnerabilities Impacting VxWorks by dreamcompiler on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @10:51AM (#20696129)
Depends on the org. For some companies, you could drop a few USB devices in the parking lot and they'd be toast. Others fill the USB ports on their computers with epoxy.
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Re:Urgent/11 – Zero Day Vulnerabilities Impacting VxWorks by koolba on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @12:23PM (#20697099)
> Others fill the USB ports on their computers with epoxy.

How do you plug in a mouse or keyboard?

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Re:Urgent/11 – Zero Day Vulnerabilities Impacting VxWorks by dreamcompiler on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @12:44PM (#20697301)
You plug those in and epoxy them so they can never be removed.
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Re:Urgent/11 – Zero Day Vulnerabilities Impacting VxWorks by mc32 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:16AM (#20694680)
Maybe. But it would have to be smart. These systems are regulated by tight SOPs which don’t allow for the plugging in random USB devices.
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