Now that we listen to MP3s, and watch XVIDs or x264s, a computer is the entertainment center in at least one room of most homes. Unless you have a special HTPC, though, you’re probably stuck using the ...

The usage of portable devices is growing daily, making our Windows computers prone to risks like data theft and malware intrusion. If you are a regular user of USBs, you need to ensure the safety of ...

For the past decade, Alessandro Levi Montalcini’s USB Overdrive has let Mac users control and customize their USB mice, keyboards, and gaming devices (and, more recently, Bluetooth mice). USB ...

Windows 10 admins haven't been able to selectively block USB devices in the past, but now they can thanks to Microsoft's new layered Group Policy feature. Windows 10 Group Policies are a way for ...

The patent app is named "Universal peripheral connector." I've just linked you to the app as published on the website of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. And that's a pix of the cover page at the ...

The vast majority of security breaches are perpetrated by trusted employees; it is therefore extremely important to take a hard look at your network's internal security. One of the single biggest ...

The USS2828 is a general-purpose USB 2.0 device controller that supports both high-speed (480 Mbits/s) and full-speed (12 Mbits/s) data transfers and can be used in a variety of USB applications such ...

Last year we wrote about the “USB Killer”—a DIY USB stick that fried almost everything (laptops, smartphones, consoles, cars) that it was plugged into. Now the USB Killer has been mass produced—you ...

The Raspberry Pi Zero is a pretty low key little device, but the folks over at Adafruit figured out that it’s possible to turn the Zero into a USB device, which means it can be used to make a number ...

An unpatched vulnerability in software that redirects local USB devices to a remote system could help attackers elevate privileges on a target machine by adding fake devices. The flaw is identified as ...