Motherboard recently wrote about just such a tricky little product, sold by cybersecurity company Hak5 and dubbed the “OMG cable” after its inventor, security researcher MG. The cord ...

The OMG Cables will be sold at Hak5, for around $100. The site describes the product as “a highly covert malicious USB cable—as soon as the cable is plugged in, it can be controlled through ...

A new and upgraded version of a malicious Lightning cable that can steal user data and remotely send it to an attacker illustrates the threat of untrusted accessories. The OMG Cable, which looks ...

Once plugged in, the OMG cable essentially creates a Wi-Fi hotspot to allow a remote user to connect to it. When connected, that person can use an online interface that comes with the cable to record ...

Vice reports that Apple did not respond to a request for comment about the new OMG cables ... 140 from Hak5, so think long and hard before you ask to borrow a stranger’s charging cable.

The "OMG Cable" compared to Apple's Lightning to USB ... now entered mass production to be sold by the cybersecurity vendor Hak5. The cables are available in a number of versions, including ...

MG told Motherboard. MG has already started to mass-produce the OMG cable and sell it through the hacking community shop Hak5 — ostensibly for security research purposes rather than anything ...

Following the creation of his original prototype in 2019, MG began mass producing his fake Lightning cables and the cybersecurity vendor Hak5 began ... iteration of the OMG Cable also packs ...

Think of it as a BadUSB device, like the USB Rubber Ducky from Hak5, but one that you can remote control. It is the ultimate way into a system, and all anyone has to do is plug a random USB cable ...

MG first tested it in 2019 and since then, it collaborated with Hak5 to produce more of them ... aware of the circulating new version of the OMG cable. In an interview with the publication ...

A new version of the O.MG hacking tool, which looks like an unassuming Lightning cable, can compromise a range ... by penetration testing tool company Hak5, the OM.G Elite has a range of capabilities.

I didn’t think I would be scared of a USB cable until I went to Def Con. But that’s where I first learned about the O.MG Cable. Released at the notorious hacker conference, the Elite cable ...