On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 14:21:32 +0300, Binyamin Dissen wrote: > >I don't really get it. > >Is a mouse such a thick client that the OS has to run code from it? The >drivers extract executable code from the mouse memory? >
The additional micro-controller simulates a keyboard and sends keystrokes (open command prompt, start malware.exe ...) http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Attack-of-the-computer-mouse-1270018.html Norbert Friemel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
