Common USB malware relies on the autoplay mechanism to infect a PC. A new technique demonstrated at the Black Hat conference subverts the USB device's controller chip to create "a self-replicating USB ...

Researchers have uncovered a fundamental flaw in the design of the USB specification that could have a significant impact on day-to-day computing. At the very least, it should call into question the ...

Flash drives and USB peripherals—that is, basically every gadget—could be carrying malware without any evidence in their flash memory. According to new research that will be presented next week at the ...

A pair of researchers has discovered a flaw in the USB protocol's basic architecture that allows for malware to be programed into a device's firmware, making it nearly undetectable and impossible to ...

It's been just two months since researcher Karsten Nohl demonstrated an attack he called BadUSB to a standing-room-only crowd at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, showing that it's ...

[Micah Elizabeth Scott], aka [scanlime], has been playing around with USB drawing tablets, and got to the point that she wanted with the firmware — to reverse engineer, see what’s going on, and who ...

The trick with using Ventoy is to put the operating system ISOs you know you'll use. There's no point keeping tons of old ISO files that will quickly be outdated, unless you spend time updating them ...

BadUSB malware has been released to the world, and it cannot be fixed. To quote our great golden robot god: We’re doomed. Or more specifically, the USB standard could be doomed, if a new malware ...

Many DIY e-bike riders discover that firmware — the software inside the motor controller — shapes how their bikes feel. It ...

Looking for free software to create a bootable USB drive for Windows 11/10? Your search ends here as we list the best free bootable USB maker software. A bootable USB ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 12, 2010 -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced the launch of the DesignWare® USB ...