Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What Thinkest Thou Of LO Donate Banner? Date: 14 Nov 2025 19:43:29 GMT Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <1864d8e7ae136b94$115$2498948$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10a4ph3$obcm$2@dont-email.me> <68c5ef9f@news.ausics.net> <10a5sou$1360o$7@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net KC61YqVaTLcbbJAFij8YWwtrZiLtMWq4YjcEhmCno/8AVrSJ4+ Cancel-Lock: sha1:vDd61smGChuu1W2FC6IN+w6D4bA= sha256:bhEkON+WoYIS/CIqxYQ3ZgebEiUHhChc103dIEYI7aU= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:700967 comp.os.linux.misc:77541 On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:18:17 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-11-12 04:23, rbowman wrote: >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 02:59:42 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> >>> From current times, when I wanted to share a file with some >>> corporate >>> user, say at a bank, or the doctor at the NHS, they said no to an USB >>> stick. Email it, please. Because that way, files are scanned and >>> vetted by IT. An USB is simply prohibited, very unsafe. Would have to >>> be manually scanned by some official. >> >> Who might be pwned. >> >> https://medium.com/trabe/rubber-ducky-learning-about-keystroke- >> injection-324f462f80fa >> >> The basic theory of operation is the the ducky says 'Hi, I'm a HID' >> when it's plugged in like any USB keyboard. And then it starts typing >> at 6000 wpm. There are some amusing videos where one is used as a prank >> rather than completely maliciously. > > Yes, I know about those things. > > How common are those things, in the real world? Common enough you don't want to try to see what's on the USB stick you found in the parking lot. They aren't a huge threat compared to other attack surfaces. However https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet Somehow Stuxnet got to what supposedly was an air-gapped Iranian system. Nobody is talking how it got there.