This work investigates two emerging attacks-Human Interface Device (HID) attack and Juice
Jacking attack-that leverage USB peripherals, and proposes countermeasures to defend …

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 …

The literature and the news regularly report cases of exploiting Universal Serial Bus (USB)
devices as attack tools for malware injections and private data exfiltration. To protect against …

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 …

Targeted attacks via transient devices are not new. How-ever, the introduction of BadUSB
attacks has shifted the attack paradigm tremendously. Such attacks embed malicious code …

Mobile smart devices are built of smaller components that are often fabricated by third-
parties, and not by the device manufacturers themselves. Components such as sensors …

During the last decade, cyber-security experts have been trying to mitigate attacks against
computer networks and software. After the internet, the proliferation of thousands of virus …

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

The USB protocol has become ubiquitous, supporting devices from high-powered
computing devices to small embedded devices and control systems. USB's greatest feature …