Nowadays "computer security" is very compromised, hackers are looking for a way or another to invade systems, and this time we present another device that can be used without much suspicion from users.
We are talking about the known electronic cigarettes, which according to information obtained in the event Security BSides London, where the researcher Ross Bevington showed how a simple electronic cigarette can be turned into a hacking to "attack" computers, just make a few changes.
How does it work?
DOnce connected to the PC, the cigarette can be regarded by the system as a simple keyboard or sniffer of data. Although the attack is partly innovative, in this case it is necessary that the victim's machine be unlocked.
In addition to this attack, a proof of concept was also presented by another researcher known as Fouroctets which shows how it is possible to unlock a system. For this, the researcher added a chip to the electronic cigarette which, when connected to the PC, was recognized as a mouse or keyboard. In addition, you can run scriptsdownload malicious files, etc.
To verify the facts, we leave here a video published in the Twitter, where investigator shows how the electronic cigarette can give instructions to the system to open the Notepad and write whatever you want.
https://twitter.com/_/status/867764655954866176
It is important to note here that with less than 20 lines of code it is possible to give instructions for downloading malicious files from the Internet. After the system is infected, it can be controlled remotely or become part of a botnet.
