Because BadUSB resides not in the flash memory storage of USB devices, but in the firmware that controls their basic functions, the attack code can remain hidden long after the contents of the device’s memory would appear to the average user to be deleted. Security researchers say USB security is fundamentally broken; hard-to-detect malware in the firmware can take over Macs/PCs, no easy fix (Andy Greenberg / Wired) wrd.cm/UDte9j techme.me/HrVG
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:20:32 +0000