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

Increased use of transient devices such as wireless keyboards, webcams, and flash storage
in the last ten years has drastically increased the surface area on which attackers can target …

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 …

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 …

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 …

USB-based attacks have increased in complexity in recent years. Modern attacks
incorporate a wide range of attack vectors, from social engineering to signal injection. The …

This paper is meant as an overview of malicious USB devices. The paper will first lay out a
proposed set of categories for malicious USB devices, how these categories function, how …

Attackers increasingly take advantage of innocent users who tend to use USB peripherals
casually, assuming these peripherals are benign when in fact they may carry an embedded …

Malware poses an extremely dangerous threat to the digital world, significantly impacting
various domains such as smart cities, intelligent transportation, wireless sensor networks …

Nowadays, The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is one of the most adopted communication
standards. However, the ubiquity of this technology has attracted the interest of attackers …