Questions tagged [usb]
an industry standard used for connecting to and powering peripheral devices (keyboards, mice, cameras, printers, external hard drives, etc) from a computer or other USB capable device.
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Can a USB stick be made to automatically hack a system?
I am a cybersecurity professional who is interested in researching the field of injectables.
Does a device exist, or can be made, that if plugged into a computer would instantly start attacking the ...
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Clean wipe of USB stick of any hidden codes
If I purchase a supposedly brand new USB stick (or micros SD, or similar portable storage devices) online, and I don't quite know the origin where they are produced, and I am a bit paranoid, is there ...
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How to create read-only pendrive (no availability of coping, deleting or overwriting) [duplicate]
I want to create pendrive or external HDD, that is read only.
To be precise - I want to be open to read files on it (documents or video files), but to prevent files from being copied off disk.
As I ...
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Can a computer peripheral (keyboard) be more sophisticated than meets the eye and steal data? [duplicate]
There are lots of mechanical keyboards out on the market now. When you buy one from a known name it's likely there's nothing nefarious going on. But no name peripherals have flooded the market. Cheap ...
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Is an antivirus needed for linux home usage when there is exchange of files with other OS e.g. Windows?
I was under the impression that an antivirus for Linux makes sense only for installing in business computers. Checking Norton/BitDefender/Karpesky I don't see any Linux option for the first or any non ...
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Protect the content of External Disk/USB Storage
Due to certain circumstances, we are forced to keep some copyrighted data in an external hard disk. due to privacy concerns, we want to allow this data to be accessed only from a trusted/office ...
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Creating bootable USB from a compromised OS. Is it safe?
If we buy for instance a laptop with an OS pre-installed e.g. Ubuntu and but the original seller was not reputable and there are doubts with the preinstall.
My question is: if we use the laptop to ...
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How can we confirm with certanty a USB or Harddrive is not infected after reformatting?
Running the following code on a linux machine returns the partition tables and partial config of the hard-drive and USB devices.
fdisk -l
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Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 238.47 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, ...
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Methods to bypass Windows security policy: All Removable Storage Classes - Deny All Access
My partner recently got given work laptop and if you try and put in a USB mass storage device you get an error saying it is not allowed. Without having administrator access I assume this is via the ...
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Strategies for dealing with threats from malicious USB thumb drives - apart from blocking it alltogether
There is plenty of discussion on how USB thumbdrives can be used for malicious purposes if one decides to go down that rabbit hole. One mitigation that is discussed in that context is to completely ...
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What kind of USB-based attacks can be prevented by a VM?
The answer provided to this question by forest has a good summary explaining the types of attacks that a malicious USB can do.
Does USB redirection in a VM provide any protection against any of these ...
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How do I know when my USB was last accessed and if any multiple files were copied from it?? [duplicate]
I had forgotten my USB in the computer lab recently. I found it the next day. It contains my personal files. I wanted to know if it was accessed and if any multiple files were copied from it. Is there ...
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SD card with the read only switch, can the SD card reader still get viruses?
Due to security reasons, I need an USB that has the switch to set it physically read only, because in this way I can be 100 % sure that it can't get infected when I connect it to an infected device.
I ...
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If I transfer files from a school computer to my own will the school have access to my computer?
I have some files I want from my school computer to my own computer and I want to know if I do will the school have access to my computer (Using a usb ofc) my school computer also has restrictions and ...
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Security by using USB NIC, USB to SATA adapter, etc
After reading libreboot FAQ i have some questions about USB 2.0 bus. There it is strongly recommended to use usb devices - USB network card and USB to SATA adapter (to connect HDD or SSD with it). The ...
