A new piece of malware has been created, dubbed BadUSB, that can be hidden in the firmware of USB devices and modify the files installed from a removable storage device, as well as divert the Internet traffic by changing the DNS settings. Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell from SR Labs are the authors of the BadUSB proof-of-concept malware, against which they say there is no protection solution except restricting the use of USB-connected devices. They say that turning one device type into another i…
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