Apple keyboard with evil firmware can root any computer

so much for apples security claims. Also it's been how many months since this leaked and the firmware for the keyboards hasn't been lost

ok well in order to get my keystrokes the hacker has to has access to my keyboard. and i dont let anyone use my computer without me watching them

This video, if its legit, proves a concept. If the micro-controller firmware can be further modefied, its lethality can be simply awesome.

But improve the footage quality so that we can figure out better whats happening !!!

Or, you can look at the link I provide in the description which details the exploit and links to the 900 page presentation released by K. Chen that details how to replicate this exploit.

This is a poorly done video.

1. it doesn't really explain well enough to the everyday person what is going on. I'm a power user of computers (not a hacker) and I barely understand what's going on

2. you need to increase the font size to say at least 36 points so that we can actually see both screen and keyboard at the same time. The video shots of the screen is blurry and often illegible.

If you follow the link in the description, it puts everything in proper context. The video was never meant to stand on its own, but about 50K more people saw the video without reading the article.

As for the quality of the video, it was an improvised setting lacking tripod and dedicated microphone. Font size could have been much bigger, but hind sight is 20/20. These problems will be fixed for future videos.

it doesnt matter, its legit. He proves that the apple-keyboard is hackable. He can store a keylogger and stuff that infects your harddrive even after you make a complete restore of your computer. And since the keyboard is always seen as safe by all Virus scanners and such, it cant be found or deleted.

Would have been more interesting if the people in the background would STFU!!

Read the article in the description.

If the keyboard can log your typing, it can capture your password. If the keyboard can insert commands into the host computer, it can tell the computer to open a connect back bash shell or it can get rootkit via command line.

If you don't know what this means, it basically means you've been owned remotely by someone anywhere on the Internet.

holly crap!!! wait, how did he change fw in keyboard aniway. did you need to be on computer where keyboard is connected or over internet/local network. how many comman lines can "record".