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2. USB flash drive security - Wikipedia

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   USB flash drive security. Secure USB flash drives protect the data stored on them from access by unauthorized users. USB flash drive products have been on the market since 2000, and their use is increasing exponentially. [1][2] As businesses have increased demand for these drives, manufacturers are producing faster devices with greater data ...

3. 2008 malware infection of the United States Department of ...

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   In 2008, the U.S. Department of Defense suffered a significant compromise of its classified military computer networks. It began when an infected flash drive was inserted into a U.S. military laptop at a base in the Middle East. The flash drive's malicious computer code, placed there by a foreign intelligence agency, uploaded itself onto a ...

4. USB flash drive - Wikipedia

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   SanDisk 1 TB USB-C flash drive (2020 model) next to a 50 cent euro coin. A flash drive (also thumb drive [US], memory stick [UK], and pen drive / pendrive elsewhere) [1][note 1] is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated USB interface. A typical USB drive is removable, rewritable, and smaller than an optical disc ...

5. Stuxnet - Wikipedia

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   It is typically introduced to the target environment via an infected USB flash drive, thus crossing any air gap. The worm then propagates across the network, scanning for Siemens Step7 software on computers controlling a PLC. In the absence of either criterion, Stuxnet becomes dormant inside the computer.

6. BadUSB - Wikipedia

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   BadUSB is a computer security attack using USB devices that are programmed with malicious software. [2] For example, USB flash drives can contain a programmable Intel 8051 microcontroller, which can be reprogrammed, turning a USB flash drive into a malicious device. [3] This attack works by programming the fake USB flash drive to emulate a ...

7. Software protection dongle - Wikipedia

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   A simpler and even less secure option is to use unpartitioned or unallocated storage in the dongle to store license data. Common USB flash drives are relatively inexpensive compared to dedicated security dongle devices, but reading and storing data in a flash drive are easy to intercept, alter, and bypass.