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The three Canadian computer engineers from the Royal Royal Military College in Kingston (Ontario) - John Clark, Sylvan Leblanc and Scott Knight, studying the features and weaknesses of the operation and functioning of USB devices (Universal Serial Bus), came to the sad conclusion. Oh, how easy it is when it comes to computers, spyware and spyware, right down to the coffee machine! However, jokes aside. Everything is quite serious in terms of the security of our computers when USB devices are connected to them. So, here, the main conclusion received by computer scientists, informs the specialized edition of NewScientist, is that almost any device that has a USB connection to a computer, whether, say, a mouse or keyboard, can be easily turned into a tool data theft from the "target" computer. This is, therefore, not about spyware - Trojan viruses, but about Trojan devices. It was still believed, the publication continues, that trojan devices are such modified schemes. Well, for example, if an attacker managed to take possession of the microchip while he was still at the manufacturing enterprise, then he, quite following his evil intent, can make changes to the chip in such a way as to “bring down” the device to which it is intended. And here it is here that the weaknesses of the USB connection appear, which Canadian experts could recognize. The thing is that the USB protocol trusts and accepts any new connected device, as long as the identification is correctly passed. In order to carry out an insidious plan, the spy only needs to find out the manufacturer and model of the keyboard of the “target” computer, replace it with, say, a “compromised” device that provides the same information - and it is not necessary that it is a keyboard - and the computer does not even recognize the substitution purpose of deception. This group of Canadian computer engineers designed such a keyboard with a USB connection, which successfully stole data from the hard drive and transmitted the stolen information in two ways. The first method was to send a flashing LED signal in the style of Morse code. The second option included encoding the stolen information and transmitting it in the form of a weak “purring” sound card. Of course, the developers of the scheme could choose another, more effective, method of transmitting stolen information, say, using email. However, their main goal was to steal data so that no one noticed their actions. Thus, Canadian experts have proven that any USB device can be turned into a spyware product trojan. The work done by Canadian computer scientists, experts say, opens up many channels and paths for malicious intent. Now, it turns out that you can’t trust USB devices - they can contain hidden spy abilities. As Sylvain Leblanc joked bitterly, a Trojan attack can now be completely carried out using an electronic coffee heater with a USB contact. The link is not valid

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

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Any USB device can steal personal data While some flash drives are designed to transfer and store information, others can, without any problems, hack the computer to which they are connected and read personal data user. As you know, some USB flash drives are intentionally equipped with additional protection features. So, a product from Fujitsu independently destroys the data stored on it, if there is a suspicion that a stranger got access to the device. But scientists from Royal Military College in Canada, John Clark, Sylvain Leblanc and Scott Knight, experimentally proved that flash drives and any other peripheral devices, connected via a USB-connector, and themselves can become devices for hacking computers. When connecting USB devices to a computer, the machine checks them for viruses and “remembers” them in order to quickly recognize them the next time. But according to Engadget, if you modify the microcircuit of external USB equipment, then it can read and even transmit all the information without the knowledge of the owner of the computer. By the way, scientists concluded that there are a lot of ways to transfer stolen data - like using Morse code (when the LED on the device blinks accordingly), email, FTP protocol, and even a special set of sounds made by a sound card. One can only hope that the scientists who made such a disappointing discovery will find a way to protect computers from modified peripherals. ruformator.ru

 

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