Re: USB Examiner Package? Special USB Kernel Modules?

[Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>]

Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> writes:

> Here's an interesting one:  A Windows friend handed me a USB Dongle, knowing that I'm a Linux user.  He says he got it 3rd hand, with
> info that it might be "Very Dangerous".  He would be interested, if I find out something about it.  (And, indeed, Google has many hits
> on "USB Malware").

Keep in mind "very dangerous" can mean anything up to and including
delivering a voltage that will fry some part of your motherboard.  Make
sure anything you plug it into is cheap enough you won't be upset to
lose it.