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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.
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Another reason why Apple has been doing s/n in their cables.
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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.
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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.
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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.
