Malicious Charging Cable

Re:Malicious Charging Cable by kybernetikos on Sunday March 01, 2020 @04:23PM (#22459455)

I saw something about changing the cable's hardware ids to avoid this. I guess you find a piece of hardware that you know is trusted by the target phone and then copy its hardware id onto the cable if you want to evade that warning.

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Re:Malicious Charging Cable by gruez on Sunday March 01, 2020 @08:06PM (#22460670)

I'm skeptical that would work. If anything it's authenticated with the computer itself, not the cable.

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Re:Malicious Charging Cable by earthboundkid on Sunday March 01, 2020 @09:41PM (#22461173)

Maybe you first use physical access to connect to the victim’s computer, get the ID, and masquerade as it in the cable? It’s a hassle, but if the laptop is left alone in the house, doable.

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