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USB Device Firmware Can Be Reprogrammed to Hide Sophisticated Malware

01

Aug

2014

Researchers Develop “BadUSB” to Demonstrate Extreme Threats Posed by USB Devices Users have long been warned about the dangers of using USB drives, but new research shows significant threats that stem from USB devices that go far beyond thumb drives.

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Hackers can tap USB devices in new attacks, researcher warns

31

Jul

2014

USB devices such as mice, keyboards and thumb-drives can be used to hack into personal computers in a potential new class of attacks that evade all known security protections, a top computer researcher revealed on Thursday.

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Hidden details about the last Skype spread malware

10

Oct

2012

Many things have been told already about the latest Skype malware spread via instant messages. However I just wanted to add something not mentioned yet. The first thing is about when the attack was launched first. According to Google Short URL service it first surfaced on Oct 6th : To be exact it happened at […]

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