Have you ever heard stories about malicious USB thumb drives frying laptops and thought they were far fetched? An electronics engineer heard them too, and then set out to create a prototype. The “USB ...
My experience with USB hubs suggests that they would fail at the mere sight of such a thing. Or any other physical thing, for that matter. I've yet to find one that isn't a total PoS waiting to fail.
A graduate of the College of St. Rose in Albany, New York, returned to his alma mater in February 2019 and fried several computers and other hardware using a device called a "USB killer," according to ...
Authorities are closing in. The double spy needs to destroy the data and bail before authorities get into the room or he’ll be finished. As they get closer, he plugs a small gadget into the computer, ...
The USB flash drive has become a ubiquitous storage medium that is both cost-effective and easy to use. Available in numerous shapes and sizes, these plug-and-play gadgets are great for uploading ...
Former student Vishwanath Akuthota of The College of Saint Rose is charged with destroying more than $58,000 of computer equipment at his alma mater with a malicious USB drive called a USB Killer. The ...