BadUSB is Haunting Cyber Space

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BadUSB is Haunting Cyber Space

  • By Ginger Hill
  • Oct 16, 2014

Moderator/Co-Host: Ginger Hill, group social media editor, Security Today

Co-Host: Bob Ehlers, marketing/business development, RGB Spectrum and chairman, HauteSpot Networks.    

Chat Summary: Thumb drives could become the carriers for the next digital epidemic! There’s not only risk in the data that they store but also in the core of how USBs work. Security Today and Bob Ehlers from RGB Spectrum will be discussing the details about BadUSB. Dubbed by some media sources as “a critical security flaw that can turn USB drives into cyber threats,” BadUSB is giving hackers access to what they want most…our computers!

Twitter Hashtag: #BadUSBchat

Date/Time: October 16, 2014 at 10:00AM PDT/12:00PM CDT/1:00PM EDT

About the Author

Ginger Hill is Group Social Media Manager.

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