Who discovered MouseJack? Marc Newlin, a member of Bastille’s Threat Research Team.
Who discovered MouseJack? Marc Newlin, a member of Bastille’s Threat Research Team.
Is there a MouseJack fix? A MouseJack fix is the responsibility of the device manufacturers. Consumers should check with their vendors to see if a fix exists. If a fix does not exist, consumers should consider replacing their device with a secure one.
Remediation
Immediately disconnect all affected USB dongles, and use wired keyboards and mice instead.
If you are using affected Logitech or 'Lenovo 500' devices, please update your firmware by referring to the appropriate instructions.
Tools The Bastille Threat Research Team is releasing free, open source tools to enable interested parties to discover wireless mice and keyboards that may be vulnerable to MouseJack.
This Fall, NSA is launching its 4th annual Codebreaker Challenge. It is a hands-on software reverse engineering challenge where students work to complete mission-focused objectives to push their school to the top of the competition leaderboard.
This Fall, NSA is launching its 4th annual Codebreaker Challenge. It is a hands-on software reverse engineering challenge where students work to complete mission-focused objectives to push their school to the top of the competition leaderboard.
The theme for this year's challenge is "countering Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)". Students are given six tasks of increasing difficulty that culminate in developing the capability to permanently disable fictional IED software in a fictional scenario. Feedback from previous challenges indicated students learned a great deal from participating
Here are the pertinent details:
The challenge will be hosted at https://codebreaker.Ltsnet.net
The challenge begins 9 September 9 pm ET & ends 31 December 2016
Students should register on the site using their .edu email addresses
Links to software reverse engineering lectures and other educational material can be found on the site.