The USB Rubber Ducky and the Digispark board both suffer from the same issue when attacking macOS computers: a keyboard profiler pop-up which tries to identify any non-Apple USB keyboards. While it's an annoying setback, the solution is a simple modification that allows Mac computers to be targeted, which affects the ability to target Windows and Linux devices.
Apple's profiler, called Keyboard Setup Assistant, is the window that opens whenever a non-Apple keyboard connects to a MacBook, Mac Pro, iMac, etc., which attempts to identify the newly attached keyboard. This secret security feature that all macOS devices have lurking in the background will protect against malicious payloads from devices such as a $50 USB Rubber Ducky or Digispark. But it's easily bypassed by making the Mac think your attack device is an Apple device.
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MacOS vs. HID Attacks
In the battle between Macs and HID (human interface device) attacks, we have macOS on one side with the Keyboard Setup Assistant profiler; the Digispark and USB Rubber Ducky are on the other side with a macOS payload to Rickroll a user.
If we insert either HID tool into the macOS computer, we're greeted by our nemesis, the keyboard profiler, before the payload has a chance to execute.
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