Today, the USB protocol is among the most widely used protocols—mostly due to its plug-
and-play nature and number of supported devices. However, the mass-proliferation of USB …

The USB protocol is among the most widely adopted protocols today thanks to its plug-and-
play capabilities and the vast number of devices which support the protocol. However, this …

Malicious USB devices can disguise themselves as benign devices (eg, keyboard, mouse,
etc.) to insert malicious commands on end devices. Advanced software-based detection …

Governmental and military institutions harbor critical infrastructure and highly confidential
information. Although institutions are investing a lot for protecting their data and assets from …

USB ports are everywhere, from laptops and phones to TVs and even microwave ovens.
They provide a convenient, reasonably fast interconnect that consumers are familiar with …

USB provides ubiquitous plug-and-play connectivity for a wide range of devices. However,
the complex nature of USB obscures the true functionality of devices from the user, and …

USB attacks are becoming more sophisticated. Rather than using USB devices solely as a
delivery mechanism for host-side exploits, attackers are targeting the USB stack itself …

Abstract The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is becoming a prevalent attack vector. Rubber
Ducky and BadUSB are two recent classes of a whole spectrum of attacks carried out using …

Determining a computer's identity is a challenge of critical importance to users wishing to
ensure that they are interacting with the correct system; it is also extremely valuable to …

Recent efforts to harden hosts against malicious USB devices have focused on the higher
layers of the protocol. We present a domain-specific language (DSL) to create a bit-level …