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August 08, 2022 5 min read
A revolutionary new side-channel exfiltration pathway that evades endpoint restrictions, firewalls and air-gaps.
Keystroke reflection exploits the defacto standard keyboard-computer ar...
The article presents a fascinating and unsettling application of legacy technology—the fundamental architecture of early IBM-PC keyboards—as a novel attack vector. The core narrative centers on a sophisticated side-channel exfiltration method that sidesteps modern security controls. It’s a clever use of “foundational weakness,” as Hak5 describes it, exploiting a design choice made in 1984 that remains remarkably prevalent in contemporary systems. The use of the USB Rubber Ducky, acting as a...