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Mike
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Mike asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 6 years ago

Can the BadUSB vulnerability infect USB Data Cables?

As in a USB phone charger/data transfer cable that is not connected to anything else except a drive with encrypted firmware (thus invulnerable to BadUSB). Could the cable itself become infected? Is that possible?

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  • 6 years ago

    If the cable is simply a conductor (wire, no electronics) it has no memory and therefore cannot become infected. If something electronic is hidden in the wire, that is another story.

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