USB Can be used to infect computers...You don't say?!!

[Dos_Box]

Surely this is old news?: BBC News - USB devices can secretly infect computers, researchers say

[plexer]

Posted earlier http://www.edugeek.net/forums/security/140416-new-research-usb-potential-infection.html

 

It's different to just autorun on a usb stick running something malicious though it's configurable usb devices like the Hak5 rubber ducky that impersonate keyboard and launch payloads.

 

Ben

[Oaktech]

Not sure if this is the same thing, but Sophos Naked Security had a slightly different take on the usb thing,

 

“BadUSB” – what if you could never trust a USB device again? | Naked Security

[plexer]

https://hakshop.myshopify.com/products/usb-rubber-ducky-deluxe

 

Ben

[MordyT]

This problem is easy to solve.... Either non reflashable nand, or a secure boot loader (like a phone)