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Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold - numbered - 10-09-2019
Soon it may be easier to get your hands on a cable that looks just like a legitimate Apple lightning cable, but which actually lets you remotely take over a computer. The security researcher behind the recently developed tool announced over the weekend that the cable has been successfully made in a factory.
It charges phones and transfers data in the same way an Apple cable does, but it also contains a wireless hotspot that a hacker can connect to. Once they've done that, a hacker can run commands on the computer, potentially rummaging through a victim's files, for instance.
He calls it the O.MG cable.
Don't let's be borrowing lightening cables at the airport any more.
Re: Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold - macphanatic - 10-09-2019
Wrap it in tin foil.
Re: Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold - rich in distress - 10-10-2019
Another reason why Apple has been doing s/n in their cables.
Re: Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold - RAMd®d - 10-10-2019
Soon to be known as the O.MG, I've Been Hacked cable.
Has anybody here ever taken Lightning cables from a stranger?
The real issue is buying cables from untrusted, non-vetted sources like— AMZ, for instance.
"Apple recommends using only accessories that Apple has certified and that come with the MFi badge."
Not particularly confidence inspiring.
Re: Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold - testcase - 10-10-2019
macphanatic wrote:
Wrap it in tin foil.
For this to work, you also have to be wearing your tin foil hat......
Re: Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold - Article Accelerator - 10-10-2019
RAMd®d wrote: "Apple recommends using only accessories that Apple has certified and that come with the MFi badge."
Not particularly confidence inspiring.
Why?
Re: Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold - RAMd®d - 10-10-2019
Why?
Because a bad actor can counterfeit any MFi badging/endorsement.
So I'll either by direct from Apple or an Anker product, at least for Lightning cables.
Re: Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold - Ombligo - 10-10-2019
From the description, it needs to be plug in to the computer to work. Just don't plug into your computer with a non-Apple purchased cable and the issue is resolved.
Re: Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold - Article Accelerator - 10-10-2019
RAMd®d wrote:
Why?
Because a bad actor can counterfeit any MFi badging/endorsement.
Okay, probably true.
So I'll either by direct from Apple or an Anker product, at least for Lightning cables.
Agreed.
Re: Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold - datbeme - 10-10-2019
Article Accelerator wrote:
[quote=RAMd®d]
Why?
Because a bad actor can counterfeit any MFi badging/endorsement.
Okay, probably true.
So I'll either by direct from Apple or an Anker product, at least for Lightning cables.
Agreed.
You mean direct from Anker as well, right? Or should we keep rolling the dice at Amazon.