At first glance, it's a normal Lightning cable, but it's a hack cable made by hackers ...?Yeah.
This terrifying cable is developed by a security researcher named "MG" and is mass -produced and sold by Cyber Security Company "HAK5".It is named "OMG cable" after MG, a developer, but this has existed for a long time, and new lineups such as USB -C -Lightning cable are added the other day.And for some reason, it is sold as a durable product.
It looks very similar to Apple's Lightning cable, has a built-in hidden chip in the USB-C or USB-A type cord, stealing data remotely, macBook, iPad, and iPhone infection.I can.Vice reported that the cable was used as a penetration test tool at the Cyber Conference "DefCon" held in 2019.
To put it simply, the mechanism of this cable is that when the OMG cable is connected, a Wifi hot spot is set, and the remote hackers can be connected to the hot spot.From there, you can use the exclusive online interface of the OMG cable to get the action history from the target device and log.By the way, you can record 650,000 keystrokes."Remote execution, stealth, forensic ( *) It is suitable for use in hidden sites, such as having a function to strengthen avoidance, and changing the tool immediately on the spot."Is this OMG cable.
* Legal evidence of files stored in media such as hard disks and USB memory
Although there are geographical constraints, it seems that it can be used even if the distance is considerable, "I was able to trigger a payload even more than one mileage when I tested it in the Ok round downtown."I comment on Motherboard.
"oh.Mg Cable is sold for $ 140 (about 15,000 yen) for Lightning -usb Type -C.
By the way, there are many commentary videos of this cable (but many English) on YouTube.