Shopping for stronger USB port control? Some criteria to consider when it’s time to rein in thumb drives and other pesky critters USB ports are a fact of life in modern IT–which means they are also a ...

If you don’t wish to use any USB devices or USB storage devices, you can block the USB ports on your computer. In Windows 11, you can use a graphical or command-line method to do that. There are many ...

The Internet is not exactly a safe place and with all the dangers including malware and ransomware looming large. Most of us harbor a misconception that the threats only target organizations and ...

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 ...

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 ...

With the introduction of Microchip’s microcontrollers with the USB OTG peripheral, microcontroller applications can easily support USB embedded host functionality. Traditionally, the PC is used as a ...

Cybersecurity in the power industry has taken center stage. First the FBI warned energy companies of targeted activity by hackers, while email phishing issues and even an attack modifying safety ...