So this is just a question that popped into my mind the other day, sorry if it doesn’t fit the community.
At the local pharmacy I noticed two USB ports on the back of the monitors they were using and I was thinking I could’ve easily gotten a RAT in there if I was more smart and malicious.
Similar places were banks or shops, sometimes ethernet ports as well.
Realistically, how dangerous is this? Thanks for any answers.
Probably just as dangerous as physical access to the keyboard and mouse for HID attacks. Mitigation against this attack is possible by whitelisting ports and/or manufacturer and device IDs (however, device IDs can be spoofed to match).