Re: Mouse moving on its own, kbd typing on its own

2024-03-11 Thread ofthecentury
On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 11:22 PM Eric Furman wrote: > You don't happen to have an Xbox type controller plugged > into your computer by any chance do you? I do not. Only USB keyboard. Speaking of USB keyboards. I get this second USB keyboard interface which I always disable on Linux with udevadm

Re: Mouse moving on its own, kbd typing on its own

2024-03-11 Thread Eric Furman
>> On Fri, March 8, 2024 4:43 pm, ofthecentury wrote: >> > I have a USB mouse that starts to move a little >> > on its own once in a while when I'm browsing the internet using chromium. >> > My USB keyboard >> > is also acting up...it just started typing spaces all of a sudden as I was >> > typing

Re: Mouse moving on its own, kbd typing on its own

2024-03-11 Thread Matthias Pfeifer
Hello, there are posts on the net describing the same phenomenon and it seems an issue with chromium. weird anyway.. Best, Matthias On 11.03.24 16:58, Daniele B. wrote: FYI, despite any hacking practice I have seen this keyboard and mice legitimately happen under two circumstances: 1)

Re: Mouse moving on its own, kbd typing on its own

2024-03-11 Thread Daniele B.
FYI, despite any hacking practice I have seen this keyboard and mice legitimately happen under two circumstances: 1) using not compatible mice under KVM switch (eg, ATEN switches with >1000dpi up mice) 2) switching keyboard layout under X without AutoAddDevice in xorg.conf Indeed, one legitimate

Re: Mouse moving on its own, kbd typing on its own

2024-03-11 Thread ofthecentury
Thanks. Here's why it might not be bios/firmware hacked. This happened when I use chromium, some specific sites even. It felt like a failed attempt to capture the pointer remotely and overflow something maybe. Everything seems to be working ok right now, and I see now sign of any hacking, so I

Re: Mouse moving on its own, kbd typing on its own

2024-03-11 Thread Andreas Kähäri
On Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 09:43:58PM +0500, ofthecentury wrote: > I have a USB mouse that starts to move a little > on its own once in a while when I'm browsing > the internet using chromium. My USB keyboard > is also acting up...it just started typing spaces all > of a sudden as I was typing up

Re: Mouse moving on its own, kbd typing on its own

2024-03-11 Thread beecdaddict
this could mean that somehow you got some attacker to insert malicious code in your bios/firmware meaning that no matter how many times you reinstall you're still hacked you should probably sell your motherboard or entire computer and get a new one... maybe cpu is affected, too? I don't know where

Re: Mouse moving on its own, kbd typing on its own

2024-03-08 Thread Daniele B.
ofthecentury : > I think it's a major security flaw somewhere. Yes, summarizing.."some lords" are profiting from hackers - who has no more civilizationation - using your pointer, saying in name for the flag, against the civilizations, biggest enemy of the empire. I think so. -Dan

Mouse moving on its own, kbd typing on its own

2024-03-08 Thread ofthecentury
I have a USB mouse that starts to move a little on its own once in a while when I'm browsing the internet using chromium. My USB keyboard is also acting up...it just started typing spaces all of a sudden as I was typing up this email and wasn't reactive to any input until I unplugged it and