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Are USB Devices a Security Risk for Your PC?
The attack that shouldn't be possible β but is
Picture a $283 soundbar sitting on a desk, plugged into a PC via USB, playing music. To every security tool watching that machine, the speaker is a trusted, known device β essentially invisible. To an attacker sitting in the parking lot outside, it's an open door.
That is the reality of a vulnerability discovered in Creative Technologies' Sound Blaster Katana V2X. Researcher Rasmus Moorats found the flaw after purchasing the soundbar himself....
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