USB Killer 2.0 Released – Tool to System Deep Fry 2017
Want to fry your friends system?. This article is for you. USB killer
2.0 prototype was developed on 2015, which can able to “fry” virtually
any device has a USB port. Russian Scholar known under the name
Pseudonym Dark_Purple who designed this killer, Now he officially
released commercial version of USB Killer.
The researcher says that “The USB Kill 2.0 is a testing device created
to test USB ports against power surge attacks. It tests your device’s
resistance against this attack. And this device collects power from the
USB power lines (5V, 1 – 3A) until it reaches ~ -240V, upon which it
discharges the stored voltage into the USB data lines. This charge /
discharge cycle is very rapid and happens multiple times per second. The
process of rapid discharging will continue while the device is plugged
in, or the device can no longer discharge – that is, the circuit in the
host machine is broken.”
Developers write that they are well aware of the risks associated with
the release of this product.The fact is that according to their
information, while Apple is only attended to the protection of their
device from such attacks, while hundreds of other manufacturers of
devices are still vulnerable.
“Of course, we have raised the question of using [USB Killer] for other
purposes.But we are convinced that is similar to the cases of software
vulnerability disclosures, hardware manufacturers are responsible to
their users and are obliged to provide them with iron, a secure
enough.By drawing attention to this issue, we encourage this
manufacturer.As far as we know, until Apple – it is the only company
that does so voluntarily, the other producers, obviously made a choice
not to protect its users – say representatives USB Kill.
Vulnerability – a tool, but it is a blunt instrument.Like any other
blunt instrument, it can be used both constructively and
destructively.Our position is that we strictly prohibit the use of our
products for other purposes.If someone decides to use our product
against the iron third parties without permission (as it would be
possible to use any other destructive tool – a hammer or brick), such a
person must be ready to bear full legal responsibility for their
actions.Therefore, we do not sell our products to minors. “
No comments: