Evil Crow Cable Wind is a stealthy tool for red teamers who like to keep things simple and sneaky.
If you saw it on a desk, you’d think it was just a regular USB charging cable. But the Evil Crow Cable Wind is anything but ordinary.
It’s a tiny hacking implant hidden inside a cable. Plug it into a computer, and it pretends to be a keyboard. Then it starts typing — fast. We’re talking up to 1,000 keystrokes per minute, all automated. No need to touch the keyboard.
This kind of device is known as a Human Interface Device (HID) attack tool. It works like a Rubber Ducky — a popular tool in the hacking world that injects keystrokes to run scripts or commands. However, you can control the Evil Crow Cable Wind remotely from your phone over Wi-Fi.
It was built by Joel Serna Moreno, who’s known for creating practical tools for pentesters and red teamers, such as Evil Crow RF: A Portable Radio Frequency Device. And this one’s especially handy. Whether you’re simulating insider threats, testing physical security, or just want a low-profile way to run payloads, this cable gets the job done — quietly.
From NSA’s $20,000 Cable to Open-Source Tools
Before the Evil Crow Cable Wind, before the O.MG Cable, there was COTTONMOUTH-I — a covert USB cable developed by the NSA as part of its secretive ANT (Advanced Network Technology) Catalog.
COTTONMOUTH-I looked like a regular USB-A cable, but inside was a USB 1.1 hub, a HOWLERMONKEY RF transmitter, and other hardware that allowed it to:
Implant malware on target machines
Exfiltrate data wirelessly
Operate even on air-gapped systems
Remain completely stealthy
This wasn’t some hobbyist project. It was military-grade espionage tech, and it came with a price tag to match: $20,000 per cable (sold in lots of 50).
It was designed for high-level surveillance, often embedded in keyboards or USB accessories to avoid detection. The goal? Total access, no matter how secure the environment.
The Evolution of Evil Crow Cable
The Evil Crow Cable Wind isn’t the first of its kind. It’s actually the third version of a project that started back in December 2019, when Joel Serna Moreno released the original EvilCrow-Cable.