This unsuspecting Lightning cable packs an implant that can log everything you type

Dubbed OMG Cables, these new variants are more capable than their counterparts. According to their creator, payloads can be triggered from over one mile away. Attackers can use them to log keystrokes and change keyboard mappings. There is also a geofencing feature, a kill switch and the ability to forge the identity of specific USB devices, like those that can leverage a specific vulnerability.

While it's unlikely us random, generic people will ever be the target of tools like this, there's no doubt in my mind they're being used all over the world to monitor dissidents, spy on competing companies, and so on.