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Hi friends today I’ll tell something about USB Attacks, Viruses & Worms. USB Possible Types of Attack On USB   Electrical Attacks ·          Electrical attacks mounted against the USb keys require physical access to the device circuit boards. ·          Primary goal is to access private data,which is supposed to be protected by legimate user’s PIN number or password without detection by the legimate user. ·          A design flaw common to the USB keys is the improper storage of password values, which can allow the extraction of all data, including private information. ·          Changing the password value which is stores in an EEPROM allows access to the device   and extraction of all data, including private information. ‘SOFTWARE   ATTACK’ ·    ...

USB speed upped to 10Gbps with new 3.1 standard:- --------------------------------------------------------------- In a response to demand for more speed, the humble but ubiquitous USB receives a much-needed performance boost. The performance bump to 10 Gbps, which was first announced in January, takes the standard to USB 3.1. SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps makes use of a more efficient data encoding system and delivers more than double the effective data throughput rate of existing SuperSpeed USB. However, the new standard is fully backward compatible with existing USB connectors and cables. Also, according to the USB Implementers Forum, compatibility with existing USB 3.0 software stacks and device class protocols is guaranteed, as well as with existing 5 Gbps hubs and devices and USB 2.0 products. "The USB 3.1 specification primarily extends existing USB 3.0 protocol and hub operation for speed scaling along with defining the next higher physical ...