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USB high voltage pwnage

2015-03-12 17:33:29.766303+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

I remember when, sure, we worried about RS232 or Centronics printer port devices doing bad things, but... Going beyond viruses or HID key injection in USB devices, this USB drive charges some internal capacitors to 110v, dumps that to the signal lines, and then gets really nasty.

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