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kanzure on July 28, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Chromecast: Exploiting the Newest Device By Google

"By holding down the single button, while powering the device, the Chromecast boots into USB boot mode. USB boot mode looks for a signed image at 0×1000 on the USB drive. When found, the image is passed to the internal crypto hardware to be verified, but after this process the return code is never checked! Therefore, we can execute any code at will."

jevinskie on July 29, 2013 [–]

I thought the device received power over USB. Do you need a hub to both power the Chromecast and connect the USB flash drive?

stedaniels on July 29, 2013 | [–]

Read the article, it uses a powered USB OTG connector.

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