IBM Says the Parcel is your Next Threat Vector: Posts $100 Hacking Device to Crack Sensitive Network

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IBM Says the Parcel is your Next Threat Vector: Posts $100 Hacking Device to Crack Sensitive Networks
August 6, 2019
https://www.cbronline.com/news/ibm-parcel-warshipping

IBM’s Red Team says it has built a DIY device for less than $100 (£82) that can be posted to businesses – then be remotely controlled to sniff for and crack local Wi-Fi, giving attackers access to sensitive corporate networks.

In an attack it dubs “Warshipping”, IBM X-Force Red, the company’s penetration testing specialist team, built the device (comprising a low power single-board computer and an IoT modem) using off-the-shelf components, then controlled it from their remote servers to launch a successful attack.
Such devices, powered by a cellphone battery, could be hidden in a seemingly innocuous gift like a teddy bear (perhaps an unlikely unsolicited corporate gift) simply in packaging, or a disguise of the hackers choice.

They added: “With our warship device, we could also launch other active wireless attacks, such as a deauthentication attack or ‘evil twin’ Wi-Fi attack. By launching an evil twin Wi-Fi network, we could then set up a rogue Wi-Fi network with the warship device and coax our target to join our new decoy network.”
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