Earlier this month a single person pleaded guilty to taking down some computer labs at a college in New York. This was not done by hacking into them remotely, but by plugging a USB Killer in one ...

A USB Killer, as the name implies, is essentially a cheap USB stick that will completely fry any computer it’s plugged into by rapidly drawing power from the USB port and then discharging it ...

A famous example occurred in 2019 when a former College of Saint Rose student used a USB Killer to destroy 66 computers worth $58,000. Protecting a computer from USB Kill sticks is challenging.

Earlier this month a single person pleaded guilty to taking down some computer labs at a college in New York. This was not done by hacking into them remotely, but by plugging a USB Killer in one ...

There are several categories of killer apps that require this higher speed and are ... and cost-sensitive architecture at the fastest USB speed. The Corigine USB 3.1 Gen 2 PC host and device ...