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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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i have found a fundamental flaw that could affect billions of USB devices. This flaw is so serious that, now that it has been revealed, you probably shouldn’t plug a USB device into your computer ever again. There are no known effective defenses against this variety of USB attack, though in the future (months or years, not days) some limited defenses might be possible. This vulnerability, which allows any USB device to take over your computer, mostly exists due to the USB Implementers Forum (the USB standards body) eschewing security in favor of maximizing the versatility, and thus the massively successful adoption, of USB. The USB IF itself notes that your only defense against this new attack vector is to only use USB devices that you 100% trust — but even then, as we’ll outline below, this won’t always protect you.
 has i learned to my cost |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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No I read this yesterday on the science and tech feed on my mobile. Apparently very true but not sure how much regular peeps like us have to worry. More disturbing for businesses and govt depts |
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By *heRainManMan
over a year ago
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"i have found a fundamental flaw that could affect billions of USB devices...."
Quoting large sections of someone else's work, without attribution, is considered rather bad form! 
" has i learned to my cost"
If you've really been affected by the recently discovered "BadUSB" vulnerability, rather than just a virus on a USB stick, then you could be the world's first!! Maybe you should write your own paper! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Is this in reference to the news article about USB hardware or chips having vunerability, that was discovered by University researchers?  "
It wasn't sydney university was it? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Is this in reference to the news article about USB hardware or chips having vunerability, that was discovered by University researchers?
It wasn't sydney university was it?"
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"Is this in reference to the news article about USB hardware or chips having vunerability, that was discovered by University researchers?
It wasn't sydney university was it?"
Thanks, I liked that response but if memory served correctly, it was from another continent |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I run a USB wholesaler and although this is partially correct if the USB has come from a normal supplier they are checked for faults that lead to problems, so if you have a stick that is what I call a demon stick it normally means somone or something has out it on there. |
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This was the basic part of the article.
" German security researchers have discovered that USB-connected devices have a fatal flaw. Anything that connects via USB can be reprogrammed to pose as another device.
That means a stranger's USB stick could dupe your computer into thinking it's a keyboard, then type in certain commands and quietly take control of your laptop."
Article on CNN and am sure other news outlets |
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"You can ger kaspersky internet security.It scans all usb dedevices for nasty things. Better to be safe than sorry. "
It is not a virus or anything like that, from what I read it was the controls for the USB that had been reverse engineered, not a software but a hardware issue.
The USB tells your input port for your device that is not a USB device but a keyboard, mopuse or a router and anti-virus programmes do not pick that up.
Anyway, I posted info on where to read the article, if anyone wants to read it.
Or maybe ask the OP for info., am done answering on his behalf!
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