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Old 10-07-2014, 08:42 PM   #1
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LXer: That Unpatchable USB Malware Now Has a Patch ... Sort Of


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When security researchers Adam Caudill and Brandon Wilson publicly released attack code two weeks ago that takes advantage of an insidious vulnerability in USB devices, they argued that publishing their exploits would get the problems fixed faster. Now they've released a partial fix themselves-albeit one that's so messy it includes coating your USB thumb drive in epoxy.

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