Tag: Usb
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Massive amounts of corporate data now stored on employee USB devices
There has been a 123 percent increase in the volume of data downloaded to USB devices by employees since working from home has become …
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Gift card scam sends out malicious USB drives
Malware attacks using USB flash drives dropped in offices or public locations like car parks are not uncommon. But researchers at Trustwave …
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Hackers can steal data from air-gapped PC using screen brightness
Furthermore, all of these have countermeasures as well, those that are not difficult to put in place. One such solution is mentioned by …
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Smashing Security #155: Juicejacking, YouTube hacking, password slacking
A bank has some of the worst password advice ever, travellers are told to be wary when USB charging their smartphones and laptops, and a …
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USB drives still present an enterprise security risk
Despite the rise of cloud storage, 87 percent of organizations still use USB drives but they are struggling to manage their usage according …
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This hacker’s iPhone charging cable can hijack your computer
Most people don’t think twice about picking up a phone charging cable and plugging it in. But one hacker’s project wants to change that …
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John Deere’s Promotional USB Drive Hijacks Your Keyboard
Tractor-maker John Deere distributed USB drives that hijacked users’ keyboards and loaded its official website onto the browser. While …
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Man fried over 50 college computers with weaponized USB stick
It’s not as though 27-year-old Vishwanath Akuthota made it hard for authorities to prove that he was the person who destroyed $58,000 …
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Use Safety and Precaution When Using USBs
Removable USB devices are basic instruments for storing and transferring files from one device to another. Although they’re convenient to …
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Smashing Security #120: Silk Road with Deliveroo
Online drug dealers get busted due to poor OPSEC! People are still failing to wipe their USB sticks …
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You left WHAT on that USB drive?!
Back in 2012, Sophos picked up a stash of USB keys from a lost property auction as an experiment. It turned out that they were a scary …
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Evil USB O.MG Cable opens up Wi-Fi to remote attacks
Take a look at one of your USB cables and you’ll probably see an icon. It might look like a trident, with a vector, circle and square …
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