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Crash n Burn !

12-03-2015 3:46pm

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dbit

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http://thehackernews.com/2015/03/killer-usb-explode-computer.html

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#2 12-03-2015 10:27pm

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Interesting idea, also has the potential to injure the person putting it in. Why not just use a metal case and electrocute the person trying to remove it. However, at the end of the day, it'd be the same if they put a small amount of explosives into an external hard drive and having the 5 volt charge trigger it exploding.

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#3 13-03-2015 1:08pm

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You can see it now with APT styled attacks, this is becoming a very dangerous technique , attackers can now masquerade and ship this to the target if they want to cause actual harm . NASTY!.

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