BadUSB Vulnerabilities in ICS Gear

CANCUN – BadUSB was the hot hack of the summer of 2014. Noted researcher Karsten Nohl delivered a talk at Black Hat during which he explained how USB controller chips in peripheral devices that connect over USB can be reprogrammed. The result is a completely compromised device hosting undetectabl...

Half of Leading USB Controller Chips Vulnerable to BadUSB

BadUSB hasn’t gone from bad to worse necessarily, but it sure has reached a new state of confusion for security experts and consumers in the crosshairs. Researcher Karsten Nohl, who warned the world during Black Hat last summer that the controller chips in most USB devices could be reprogrammed t...