I had no idea I can upgrade firmware using Gnome desktop. This is awesome and good for all Linux desktop users.
From the blog post:
Just over a year ago Bastille security announced the discovery of a suite of vulnerabilities commonly referred to as MouseJack. The vulnerabilities targeted the low level wireless protocol used by Unifying devices, typically mice and keyboards. The issues included the ability to:
Pair new devices with the receiver without user prompting
Inject keystrokes, covering various scenarios
Inject raw HID commandsThis gave an attacker with $15 of hardware the ability to basically take over remote PCs within wireless range, which could be up to 50m away.
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