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I have been reading up on computer security and decided to come up with a design of my own here it is:
Note: This is focused towards USB security not OS specific
A USB that is encrypted using Veracrypt should have a 15-… Continue reading USB security idea [on hold]
I know that I can disable USB devices using group policy for the computers of my company. What I want to achieve is allow users to use the USB port only for charging their phones, connect their mouse and keyboard but NOT allo… Continue reading How to prevent USB Block Policy to be circumvented?
I (from EU) recently attended a scientific conference in China. As part of the goodies there is a decent looking thumbdrive which has the conference logo printed on it. It seems to be in original packaging, so I guess somebod… Continue reading Should I use a thumbdrive I got on a conference in China? [on hold]
What I’m trying to achieve is basically mount a USB device such as an external drive (USB flash or HDD/SSD), perhaps even a smartphone (Android or iOS) in a contained environment before the operating system mounts it or direc… Continue reading Mount USB directly on virtual machine? [on hold]
I am trying to distribute a software, a simple exe file, that can be executed directly from an USB drive.
I would like to make that USB drive read only to avoid any malware infection and accidental deletion.
Another requirements is to up… Continue reading How to make USB drive read only and write by a password or key or certificate?
I am currently discussing / considering the possibility to disable access to USB drives (USB storage) on Windows machines.
There are technical means to do this and I am trying to balance arguments in the threat scenario.
PRO removal of … Continue reading Are there tangible recommendations for USB drives to be disabled?
Those things drop out of pockets at the worst times. Like, say, when you’re hurling a bomb at a brick-and-mortar that you’ve also DDoSed. Continue reading Hacker threw Molotov cocktail, dropped USB drive of his DDoS deeds
Is it widely known that in the opposite way (an unknown USB to safe pc) it could be really dangerous. But I can’t find any info if is it dangerous to put a drive to other pc.
Case:
I have my USB drive with some unimportant… Continue reading Is it safe to plug my own USB drive into unknown pc?
I have a very serious question with regard to data security with regard to usage of USB Drive when transmitting, storing or even clearing data with it.
When one is going to use USB Drive for interacting with critical data, … Continue reading How could you safeguard your data traces when using USB Drive?
A Windows 10 laptop’s hard drive was encrypted with Bitlocker and has been physically removed from the laptop and is now being used as an external device. The Bitlocker recovery key is used to access this hard drive as an ext… Continue reading Deleting Windows Files from a Bitlocker Hard Drive now used as an External Device