USB Killer v2.0 — Latest USB Device that Can Easily Burn Your Computer

[sinu]

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http://thehackernews.com/2015/10/usb-killer.html

Remember Killer USB??
In March, a Russian security researcher devised a weird USB stick that is capable of destroying sensitive components of a computer when plugged-in.
Now, the same researcher, nicknamed Dark Purple, has launched a new version of his computer-frying USB Killer pendrive – USB Killer version 2.0.
USB Killer 2.0 is much more powerful than the previous version and is able to "kill" more than just a PC it is plugged in.
The first version of USB Killer was consist of a DC/DC converter, a few caps and an FET. When plugged into a system, the converter in the USB Killer would charge the caps up to -110V, apply that voltage to signal lines of the USB interface, and repeat the entire process until everything possible in the computer is broken down.
However, the second version of USB Killer dump -220V directly onto the signal lines of the USB interface, which is powerful enough to damage practically any computer with a USB port.
Another major improvement in the new version of USB Killer is the reaction rate. Once plugged into a computer, USB Killer 2.0 takes only a few seconds for the PC to shut down and stop working.

 

[Tani]

awesome where to get the code to study?

 

[jamescv7]

USB Killer + Thunderstrike = Epic Combination and that should create more defensive tactics on those USB Ports especially in electricity.

That's how concept makes it very powerful at all.

 

[upnorth]

 

[Dima007]

I have nothing to say except WOW