🛡️ Free practice test question from: Supply Chain Threat Vector Techniques (Security+)

Installing counterfeit hardware with embedded malicious capabilities:
→ Counterfeit hardware can be introduced into the supply chain without raising immediate suspicion, especially if it closely mimics legitimate components.

→ The malicious capabilities are embedded at the hardware level, which is not routinely inspected or tested for security vulnerabilities in the same way software is.

→ Hardware-level threats operate below the operating system and application layers, making them extremely difficult to detect with standard security tools.

→ Traditional antivirus software and intrusion detection systems are designed to detect software-based threats, not hardware anomalies.

→ Since hardware components are not frequently replaced or updated like software, the threat can persist over an extended period

for more: The Anatomy of a Cisco Counterfeit Shows Its Dangerous Potential → https://www.wired.com/story/counterfeit-cisco-switch-teardown/