On 27/11/2019 04:28, Kenneth Parker wrote:
My suspicion, by the way, is that the Power types of Malware are caused by shorting out some Pins.
USB is designed to survive shorts. An example of a malicious device is the USB Killer, which is available from a commercial supplier. Similar devices have been improvised for very little cost:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_Killer"The device collects power from the USB power source of the component it is connected to in its capacitors until it reaches a high voltage and then it discharges the high voltage onto the data pins."
[...]"In April 2019, a 27-year-old Indian former student of the College of Saint Rose, Vishwanath Akuthota, pleaded guilty to destroying 59 computers in his college using a USB killer, resulting in over $50,000 in damages."
Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand