Along with its regular monthly security updates, Microsoft also released some optional updates, among which is one for a superstar vulnerability discovered this past February called MouseJack.
According to our previous article on
MouseJack, security firm Bastille found flaws in the protocol used by wireless mice and keyboards to communicate with their USB dongles, usually plugged into a user's laptop.
Researchers found out that they could spoof data from the wireless devices, being able to force trick the USB dongle to send fake instructions to the connected PC, with commands to execute or take malicious actions.
MouseJack attack works from 30 meters away
The MouseJack attack worked from a distance of up to 100 feet (30 meters) away from PC using wireless mice and keyboards manufactured by companies such as AmazonBasics, Dell, Gigabyte, HP, Lenovo, Logitech, and Microsoft.
