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USB Kill: The $55 Gadget That Will Fry Most Devices (Video of killer in operation)
The Mac Observer ^
| October 10, 2016
| By Bryan Chaffin
Posted on 10/10/2016 11:56:27 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: OldNewYork
Why was this created? Malicious. Maybe it beats hitting the device with a hammer though.
Hillary's hammer will do the same with far less cost.
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posted on
10/11/2016 4:37:41 AM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Stay ignorant, my friends! (if you watch mainstream media, you will!))
To: bushwon
A 9mm is the only safe way to insure the data is not recoverable.
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posted on
10/11/2016 4:39:58 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
( "Hokahey, today is a good day to die!" Crazy Horse prior to the Battle of Little Big Horn)
To: mad_as_he$$
A D9 dropping it’s blade and a few back and forth passes would too. Preferably on a hard surface.
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posted on
10/11/2016 5:35:38 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: imardmd1
If I could understand your post perhaps I could apply for a mini degree in electrical engineering :)
Thanks much for the explanation.
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posted on
10/11/2016 6:28:21 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(On the issue of SCOTUS alone, Trump must win in November.)
To: Swordmaker
Kind of like a personalized EMP.
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posted on
10/11/2016 6:37:58 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: bushwon
The theory of operation is that USB traffic, by spec deals with POSTED commands. Essentially, this means that upstream there is a “Did younget this?” request that MUST be answered. It cannot be ignored.
By blowing out the data transmit/receive buffers, the bus and thereby the PC is permanently hung. Everything stops. With the transmit/buffers blown nothing gets communicated about a timeout or bad device.
That said, there is nothing that would lead one to assume that any data on a SSD would be affected as the Solid state drive is on a SATA bus, which is on a totally different bus hub structure than the USB bus. Further, PCI buses can be like a tree and have 3+ branches. Any of these branches could support multiple USB hubs, so depending which USB hub was blown, could mean limited loss of functionality or total.
That said, the opto-isolators are the best protection you will find for this type of attack.
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posted on
10/11/2016 7:32:53 AM PDT
by
Hodar
(A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
To: upchuck
Ph. D. in Ceramic Science, actually. I was once considered an "expert" in MultiLayer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCs). An "ex" is a "has-been" and a "spurt" is a drip under pressure.
Have a great fall day!
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posted on
10/11/2016 9:53:08 AM PDT
by
imardmd1
(Fiat Lux)
To: The_Media_never_lie
True. More economical. The malicious part I guess is that it could be done to a computer someone had been entrusted access to and the owner might not realize for a while, and thus might not know who had done it. A hammer is more honest.
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posted on
10/11/2016 1:41:53 PM PDT
by
OldNewYork
(Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
To: Swordmaker; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; amigatec; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ...
USB HV device, can kill any computer (Windows, Mac, Linux) ... PING!
You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".
Thanks to Swordmaker for the ping!!
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posted on
10/11/2016 8:20:49 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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