Researchers Show How Hackers Can Target ICS via Barcode Scanners

Article · Security Week · Jun 30, 2020

Security Week – Hackers previously demonstrated that keystrokes can be remotely injected via an industrial barcode scanner into the computer the scanner is connected to, which could result in the computer getting compromised. IOActive researchers have also been looking at industrial barcode scanners and part of their research, which they described in a blog post, focuses on the scanners used by airport baggage handling systems.

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