Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoUSB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics — O.MG pen testing cable contains a hidden antenna and another die embedded in the microcontrollerwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down19
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkUSB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics — O.MG pen testing cable contains a hidden antenna and another die embedded in the microcontrollerwww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-216 days agoI thought the pen-testing cable was compromised. Which would make for an interesting supply chain attack. The article wasn’t really clear on this, but I did get that they were simply referring to the large amount of circuitry.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 days agoYeah it’s a weirdly written article if it’s just comparing the OMG cable to regular ones. Doesn’t really explain well what they’re trying to say.
I thought the pen-testing cable was compromised. Which would make for an interesting supply chain attack.
The article wasn’t really clear on this, but I did get that they were simply referring to the large amount of circuitry.
Yeah it’s a weirdly written article if it’s just comparing the OMG cable to regular ones. Doesn’t really explain well what they’re trying to say.