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Wireless Presenters Attacked Using an Arduino

Posted by Soulskill on from the watch-out-steve dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This week Dutch security researcher Niels Teusink described a method of attacking wireless presenter devices at an Amsterdam security conference. He had a demo showing how it is possible to use an Arduino and Metasploit to get remote code execution by sending arbitrary keystrokes to the presenter dongle. He has now released the code and made a blog post explaining how it all works. Better watch out the next time you're giving a presentation using one of these devices!"

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  1. Huh huh huh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You said "dongle".

  2. hmmm.... by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

    Useful for:

    * Corporate espionage
    * Screwing with professors at school
    * Pissing off Steve Jobs.

    We all know which one's most likely.

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    1. Re:hmmm.... by Dragoniz3r · · Score: 4, Funny

      I guess we all know what Gizmodo will be doing at the next major conference.

    2. Re:hmmm.... by antifoidulus · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wait, you mean Apple's newest product ISNT "iGoatse"? Damn, and here I had my credit card out ready to go.

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  3. Better attack by FooAtWFU · · Score: 3, Funny

    You could implement a better attack by just throwing Arduinos at the presenter.

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