In other words, the USB drive could spy on how to hack into the network, allowing hackers to gain more information about how to attack the network more broadly. That was hardly the only example.

In a bizarre investigation, Belgium police have identified a member of the Anonymous Belgium hacker collective while ... the suspect because he dropped a USB thumb drive on the ground while ...

A new way to hack smartphones via USB As Ars Technica reports, attackers can use a new method called “choice jacking” to ensure that access to smartphones is easily authorized without the user ...

Most smartphones have USB connectors, made for mounting the phone as a device. Android hacker Sven Killig has figured out a way to turn the Nexus One into a USB host and turn it around ...

The beloved hacker tool can now pwn you with its own programming language The beloved hacker tool can now pwn you with its own programming language To the human eye, the USB Rubber Ducky looks ...

Windows Phone 7 turns out to be perfectly capable of tethering your data signal to a laptop via USB cable ... a video-game cheat code than actual hacking. First, you need to get into the ...

Furthermore, Zdziarski said, if the malicious charger does what he thinks it will, it could grant a hacker permanent access to an iPhone or iPad — thanks to the way iOS handles USB connections.

A Belgium hacker was found out because he dropped a USB drive during or after throwing a Molotov cocktail at a Crelan Bank in the town of Rumbeke, reports the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws ...