During the month of March a security researcher stated that a USB drive can be converted into a bomb and it can be used to explode a whole system through USB interface. Recently an advanced version of the previous work has been developed in the name of #USB Killer V2.0.
The whole idea behind this concept is to make a USB drive an interface to explode any computer by inserting a heavy voltage to the computer. The security researcher who developed it earlier done by it inserting a voltage of -110 until all the possible parts fried up.
But now it is something different and this time it directly inserts -220 voltage to the system line and it is more than enough to explode a whole computer through USB.
The new method is also speedy when compared to the old model since computer started exploding in few seconds when plugged and is also very successful.
You may think that I can disable the autoplay option to avoid this damage but the main idea is that in order to read the content or to mount the device the computer has to access it and it is more than enough for the explosion.
It is very true that the cyber warfare has been started and the users should safeguard the data and now also their computers. The technique in olden days known as Flash Drive Technique in social engineering but now it takes a new form.
The very common intention of the user if found a pen drive on any floor or ground will pick it and you may think i can format the drive but after plugging there will be no device to format it.
The security researcher while developed this and demonstrated lost his brand new Lenovo Ideapad and the video demonstration can be found here.
P.S : The post is to create awareness and not to create any negative impact.
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