On 27/11/2019 04:28, Kenneth Parker wrote:
My suspicion, by the way, is that the Power types of Malware are caused by
shorting out some Pins.
USB is designed to survive shorts. An example of a malicious device is
the USB Killer, which is available from a commercial supplier. Similar
devices have been improvised for very little cost:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_Killer
"The device collects power from the USB power source of the component it
is connected to in its capacitors until it reaches a high voltage and
then it discharges the high voltage onto the data pins."
[...]
"In April 2019, a 27-year-old Indian former student of the College of
Saint Rose, Vishwanath Akuthota, pleaded guilty to destroying 59
computers in his college using a USB killer, resulting in over $50,000
in damages."
Kind regards,
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Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand
