{"id":276,"date":"2016-03-10T16:43:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T22:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.glasswire.com\/?p=276"},"modified":"2022-10-11T08:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T13:37:47","slug":"have-you-been-mousejacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glasswire.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/10\/have-you-been-mousejacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you been MouseJacked?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><h1><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.glasswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2000px-Mouse-cursor-hand-pointer.svg_.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-277\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.glasswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2000px-Mouse-cursor-hand-pointer.svg_.png\" alt=\"2000px-Mouse-cursor-hand-pointer.svg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>Has your PC been MouseJacked?<\/h1>\n<p><b><\/b>Are you so paranoid about security that you use a wired mouse and keyboard?&nbsp; If so then you made the right move and you don&#8217;t have to worry about getting MouseJacked.&nbsp; However, if you use a wireless mouse or keyboard you might want to take preventative measures.<\/p>\n<p>Most popular wireless computer mice and keyboards can highjacked from 100 yards away according to a security company called Bastille who set up the website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mousejack.com\/\">MouseJack.com<\/a>.&nbsp; If you use a wireless mouse from Microsoft, Logitech, Lenovo, Dell, HP, Gigabyte, or Amazon along with many others your mouse may be susceptible to a MouseJack attack.<\/p>\n<p>The attack works by exploiting a weakness in the protocols used between the different devices.&nbsp; A remote PC can be set up with a dongle that allows it to interact with all the computers nearby with wireless mice and keyboards.&nbsp; Press the Windows key on your own keyboard and see how broadcasting a saved set of keystrokes through a MouseJack could leave all the nearby computers compromised.&nbsp; The MouseJacker could make all nearby PCs do whatever they want, for example making all nearby PCs visit a website with known exploitable malware.&nbsp; Once the MouseJacker has access to the PC he can give himself any other type of remote access he or she wants.<\/p>\n<p>So far Logitech already <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.logitech.com\/t5\/Mice-and-Pointing-Devices\/Logitech-Response-to-Unifying-Receiver-Research-Findings\/m-p\/1493878\/thread-id\/73186\">has a fix<\/a>.&nbsp; If you use another type of wireless mouse or keyboard you can check with the manufacturer website, or switch to a wired keyboard or mouse until the problem is solved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has your PC been MouseJacked? 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