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For network-based attacks, there are many tools that scan a system for open ports and perform fingerprinting to find out what software is running on the system.
Does something similar exist for USB ports that would detect available drivers… Continue reading "Scanning" available USB drivers on a port
I’m trying to create a secure and private way to access my personal PC from most desktop PCs. The method I’ve devised so far is:
Create an SSH tunnel to my PC
The connection is encrypted
The connection uses a public key exchange instead … Continue reading How to store private keys on flashdrive
I need to buy a USB memory stick to create a Windows recovery drive. As we all know, USB drives have serious security issues, and the (slightly) paranoid part of me wonders about the safety of buying from a site like Amazon (but really any… Continue reading How can I safely buy a USB memory stick?
Some users have reported that they don’t see the Policies tab when they access device Properties from the Hardware tab for their external drive or USB drive on Windows 11/10. The Policies tab is used to enable or disable write caching policy for … Continue reading Policies tab missing for External Drive or USB drive on Windows 11
Ars Technica’s April 24, 2024 Millions of IPs remain infected by USB worm years after its creators left it for dead begins with
Ability of PlugX worm to live on presents a vexing dilemma: Delete it or leave it be.
and says later:
Some Windows users have complained that when they connect a USB drive to their Windows PC, the USB drive shows up as 2 different drives when they plug it in. If you are facing the same issue, we have you covered with all working fixes. So, check out be… Continue reading USB drive showing up as 2 Drives on PC [Fix]
Let’s say that you take a USB drive and encrypt the entire thing with Veracrypt. Could someone modify that USB drive to include malware on it? This is not assuming that physical changes to the device have been made.
Playing back music files from USB sticks is a common feature these days, and is built-into the infotainment system in [Folkert van Heusden]’s Opel Astra. Unfortunately such USB playback features …read more Continue reading Create Virtual USB Sticks With a Raspberry Pi Zero
I have 2 bootable flash drives.
One with physical write protection and with qubes OS installed on it, the second with linux mint without protection.
I created both flash drives 2-3 months ago and often used them to reinstall the system on … Continue reading Do I need to overwrite the bootable USB flash drive every time after installation?
Suppose that I have an external storage (such as a USB memory stick or an SD card) which contains some files (such as documents or images).
Suppose that I am running an antivirus which scans drives and devices on access, such as Kaspersky … Continue reading Can a file contain a virus that an antivirus cannot detect? [duplicate]