"USB Killer" flash drive can fry your computer's innards in seconds

Posted by bob on Oct 16, 2015 3:03 AM EDT
Ars Technica; By Dan Goodin
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USB sticks have long been a mechanism for delivering malware to unsuspecting computer users. A booby-trapped flash drive, for instance, was the means by which the US and Israel reportedly infected Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility with the Stuxnet worm........ last year's Bad USB proof-of-concept exploit delivered a highly programmable attack platform that can't be detected by today's defenses.

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