Intel Skylake and Kaby Lake systems are vulnerable to a USB debugging exploit

WYP · Jan 11, 2017

Researchers at Positive Technologies claim that Intel's Skylake and Kaby Lake processors are vulnerable to a USB debugging bypass which could be used to attack systems.

Read more on Intel's U-series CPU vulnerability.

green_arrow · Jan 11, 2017

Best way to prevent this exploit: chewing gum in USB 3.0 port

Kleptobot · Jan 12, 2017

gasp, if someone has physical access to your PC they can hack it...

eazyreis · Jan 12, 2017

green_arrow said:
Best way to prevent this exploit: chewing gum in USB 3.0 port

Cement problably is better !!

Dawelio · Jan 12, 2017

green_arrow said:
Best way to prevent this exploit: chewing gum in USB 3.0 port

eazyreis said:
Cement problably is better !!

Dynamite even better - blow their stuff up for trying to steal your stuff

NeverBackDown · Jan 13, 2017

Chrazey said:
Dynamite even better - blow their stuff up for trying to steal your stuff

You'd blow up much more than just there stuff......

Warchild · Jan 13, 2017

Chrazey said:
Dynamite even better - blow their stuff up for trying to steal your stuff

...
...... Chrazey didn't earn his name without good reason

Shingara · Jan 13, 2017

Kleptobot said:
gasp, if someone has physical access to your PC they can hack it...

This is something i wonder about, with the way tons of stuff is connected to the internet, most ppl dont even change there password and stuff on routers, could this be done to something as a firmware update and i dunno, infect your mouse so they dont even have to be at your pc, and you do it by accident and dont even realise when you plug something in that is infected ?

looz · Jan 13, 2017

Shingara said:
This is something i wonder about, with the way tons of stuff is connected to the internet, most ppl dont even change there password and stuff on routers, could this be done to something as a firmware update and i dunno, infect your mouse so they dont even have to be at your pc, and you do it by accident and dont even realise when you plug something in that is infected ?

Well, if you manage to upgrade mouse firmware, you've already got root access.

Shingara · Jan 13, 2017

looz said:
Well, if you manage to upgrade mouse firmware, you've already got root access.

Would it have tobe on firmware and we need to upgrade it, like as an example i have a g600 mouse, the thing takes profiles and stores them on itself, could something like that do it as it is technically connecting via usb.

Edit, sorry if these are stupid questions, nearly all software is black magic vodoo to me.

Intel Skylake and Kaby Lake systems are vulnerable to a USB debugging exploit

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