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Imagine this: you find a lost USB stick labeled "My Bitcoin Wallet."
Temptation kicks in, and you plug it into your device. Little do you know, you've just become a victim of USB malware or a #BadUSB attack. Let's dive into this frightening world of malicious USB devices! 💀🔌
Temptation kicks in, and you plug it into your device. Little do you know, you've just become a victim of USB malware or a #BadUSB attack. Let's dive into this frightening world of malicious USB devices! 💀🔌
USB malware isn't new. In the wild, we've seen cases like Stuxnet (2010) & Flame (2012), where USB devices were used to infiltrate & disrupt systems. Such attacks exploit the ubiquitous nature of USBs & users' tendency to trust them. We need to be more vigilant than ever!
BadUSB is an advanced form of USB malware, exploiting the programmable nature of USB devices' firmware. By modifying the firmware, attackers can make a seemingly innocuous USB device into a malicious one that can bypass security measures & execute evil tasks to steal your coins.
It's not that vote-swapping browser plugins are necessarily a big threat. But @SimplyVoting's claim that it would be difficult to infect enough computers to tip the outcome discounts both the technology and the operational environment. cc @DavidWasylciw
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@ElectionsNWT has a history of small (<20-vote) margins. Give someone a @Hak5 #RubberDucky, they can load the payload automatically in seconds. You typically wouldn't even need admin privileges. Throw in a 40-pack of assorted #Timbits, u can socially engineer all kinds of access
You might think to yourself "oh, *I'd* never vote on a communal computer." That's because you're technologically savvy enough to be on Twitter. Lots of people, especially older people vote on computers at libraries, retirement homes, or the voter-assistance stations around town
