security This $5 Device Can Hack Your Locked Computer In One Minute

[briguy]

Even though I try to use "https" sites and shut off my computer when done. I found this article about a real cheap "hacker" tool kinda of scary..
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This $5 Device Can Hack Your Locked Computer In One Minute

the new $5 tool called PoisonTap, created by the well-known hacker and developer Samy Kamkar, can even break into password-protected computers, as long as there’s a browser open in the background

http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/this-5-device-can-hack-your-locked-computer-in-one-minute



What are your thoughts

 

[deez007]

Holly cow..... this is super scary!! Wow man....I had no idea about this...

Thanks for sharing dude...

 

[smurugappan]

Hi,

PoisonTap is built on a Raspberry Pi Zero microcomputer. Once it's plugged into a USB port, it emulates a network device and attacks all outbound connections by pretending to be the whole internet, tricking the computer to send all traffic to it.

 

[mr-x]

Requires physical access but that's not a large barrier. Scary.

 

[briguy]

Requires physical access but that's not a large barrier. Scary.

Yes I wouldn't worry too much about this happening when at home but sure be extra cautious if I worked at a office or other public area.