back to article Kali turns Nexus fondleslabs into hacking weapons

Every hacker's favourite operating system, Kali Linux, has been brought to Google Nexus in a move that brings portable popping to a new level. Nexus users running the NetHunter penetration testing platform can now launch their attacks including Teensy keyboard and BadUSB man-in-the-middle (MITM) networking attacks via USB …

  1. Devon_Custard

    Eh?

    I read each word and they all made sense individually but not combined in that article.

    Maybe I am getting old

    1. Joe 48

      Re: Eh?

      Great work but can't see the real world use for that example.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    I can't help thinking that a tablet is a suboptimal platform for hacking. Or any other kind of real work.

    Even a transformer with the keyboard attached is a huge pain in the ass compared to a proper laptop.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      > Even a transformer with the keyboard attached is a huge pain in the ass compared to a proper laptop.

      I can't help thinking that a 17" Dell laptop would be /more/ of a pain in the ass than an Asus transformer (with or without keyboard, but preferably without)

    2. W3dge

      I think you're using your transformer wrong...

    3. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: a tablet is a suboptimal platform for hacking

      Yeah, but lurking in the vicinity of somewhere "interesting" prodding at a fondleslab might be less suspicious than working on your laptop ...

  3. TwistUrCapBack

    Hurray

    Hurray for Kali Linux - and all its awesomeness ..

    Would be horrible to use on a tablet though, and I fail to see why anyone would want/need to

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