FabSwingers.com forum: be warned about using your usb

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

i have found a fundamental flaw that could affect billions of USB devices. This flaw is so serious that, now that it has been revealed, you probably shouldn’t plug a USB device into your computer ever again. There are no known effective defenses against this variety of USB attack, though in the future (months or years, not days) some limited defenses might be possible. This vulnerability, which allows any USB device to take over your computer, mostly exists due to the USB Implementers Forum (the USB standards body) eschewing security in favor of maximizing the versatility, and thus the massively successful adoption, of USB. The USB IF itself notes that your only defense against this new attack vector is to only use USB devices that you 100% trust — but even then, as we’ll outline below, this won’t always protect you.

has i learned to my cost

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Im lost....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And this is why you say no to drugs kids...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wot bollox . . .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No I read this yesterday on the science and tech feed on my mobile. Apparently very true but not sure how much regular peeps like us have to worry. More disturbing for businesses and govt depts

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By *ranthamThroatMan
over a year ago

Grantham.

Is this in reference to the news article about USB hardware or chips having vunerability, that was discovered by University researchers?

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By *heRainManMan
over a year ago

Warrington & Glasgow

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By *heRainManMan
over a year ago

Warrington & Glasgow

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By *heRainManMan
over a year ago

Warrington & Glasgow

"i have found a fundamental flaw that could affect billions of USB devices...."

Quoting large sections of someone else's work, without attribution, is considered rather bad form!

has i learned to my cost"
If you've really been affected by the recently discovered "BadUSB" vulnerability, rather than just a virus on a USB stick, then you could be the world's first!! Maybe you should write your own paper!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is this in reference to the news article about USB hardware or chips having vunerability, that was discovered by University researchers?

It wasn't sydney university was it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is this in reference to the news article about USB hardware or chips having vunerability, that was discovered by University researchers?

It wasn't sydney university was it?"

pmsl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Too many Stella

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By *bmarley77Man
over a year ago

Nr Derby

compueter sez nooooooo

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By *ranthamThroatMan
over a year ago

Grantham.

"Is this in reference to the news article about USB hardware or chips having vunerability, that was discovered by University researchers?

It wasn't sydney university was it?"

Thanks, I liked that response but if memory served correctly, it was from another continent

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Umm, what

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You said about USB vulnerability but didn't even go in to explain why

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By *bmarley77Man
over a year ago

Nr Derby

computer still sez noooooooo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I hate it when that happens.

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By *hyllyphyllyMan
over a year ago

Bradford

USB is an anagram of bus. Bet you never knew that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"USB is an anagram of bus. Bet you never knew that

I'm a USB, no

I'm a bus, no

I'm a sub, yayyyy go me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I run a USB wholesaler and although this is partially correct if the USB has come from a normal supplier they are checked for faults that lead to problems, so if you have a stick that is what I call a demon stick it normally means somone or something has out it on there.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good job I'm on an ipad. They don't have a port for these apparently evil USBs!

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By *i015Man
over a year ago

Millbrook, Southampton

"Good job I'm on an ipad. They don't have a port for these apparently evil USBs!

Your Ipad is a USB device

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Good job I'm on an ipad. They don't have a port for these apparently evil USBs!

Your Ipad is a USB device"
lol and OS week system.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

yea computers will kill us all we know already.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Crikey, did anyone understand that

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By *r and mrs sanddancerCouple
over a year ago

BOLDON COLLIERY

there was a similar thing with floppy discs back in the old days

some just like to try to frighten people with scare stories happens with all the time on fb,

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By *ranthamThroatMan
over a year ago

Grantham.

This was the basic part of the article.

" German security researchers have discovered that USB-connected devices have a fatal flaw. Anything that connects via USB can be reprogrammed to pose as another device.

That means a stranger's USB stick could dupe your computer into thinking it's a keyboard, then type in certain commands and quietly take control of your laptop."

Article on CNN and am sure other news outlets

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By *ivilizedkinkCouple
over a year ago

harrow

Aaah run away, the usb's are coming

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

Every time I look at the title of this thread I read "be warned about using your sub"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *qua vitaeWoman
over a year ago

Shropshire/Midlands

"USB is an anagram of bus. Bet you never knew that

I'm a USB, no

I'm a bus, no

I'm a sub, yayyyy go me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Might be a tad harsh but I'm not sure the OP is going to get a shag if the that's his chat in the swingers forum....

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By *wiftieeMan
over a year ago

near Glasgow

"Might be a tad harsh but I'm not sure the OP is going to get a shag if the that's his chat in the swingers forum....

Couldn't agree more! Weird!

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By *ranthamThroatMan
over a year ago

Grantham.

Actually, it had originally been posted in site help, so I guess it was moved by Admin or one of the Mods & he wasn't using it to get a meet, more to warm others of the news about USB sticks

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By *obbyboomMan
over a year ago

Burnley

You can ger kaspersky internet security.It scans all usb dedevices for nasty things. Better to be safe than sorry.

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By *ranthamThroatMan
over a year ago

Grantham.

"You can ger kaspersky internet security.It scans all usb dedevices for nasty things. Better to be safe than sorry. "

It is not a virus or anything like that, from what I read it was the controls for the USB that had been reverse engineered, not a software but a hardware issue.

The USB tells your input port for your device that is not a USB device but a keyboard, mopuse or a router and anti-virus programmes do not pick that up.

Anyway, I posted info on where to read the article, if anyone wants to read it.

Or maybe ask the OP for info., am done answering on his behalf!

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By *ranthamThroatMan
over a year ago

Grantham.

mopuse = mouse!

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By *horltzMan
over a year ago

heysham

"mopuse = mouse!

Your USB is playing tricks on you

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By *apasmurfkingMan
over a year ago

costa del Littlehampton

Thought it said "be warned about using your sub" - that was a disappointing read

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By *ranthamThroatMan
over a year ago

Grantham.

"mopuse = mouse!

Your USB is playing tricks on you

and my eyes,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

well that flew right over my head - i do know what a usb is and thats about it

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By *ranthamThroatMan
over a year ago

Grantham.

to be honest it is very doubtful anyone would every come across these USB, most would only have a problem with one that had a virus or trojon it etc.,

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By *heCrowAndButterflyCouple
over a year ago

Rushden

"Good job I'm on an ipad. They don't have a port for these apparently evil USBs!

Your Ipad is a USB device"

I like this comment :p

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