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Feeling devilish? For $56, you can get a device that supposedly destroys anything with a USB port. The photo posted is actually the tester/shield; I think it looks cooler than the kill stick itself.
Once a proof-of-concept, the pocket-sized USB stick now fits in any security tester's repertoire of tools and hacks, says the Hong Kong-based company that developed it. It works like this: when the USB Kill stick is plugged in, it rapidly charges its capacitors from the USB power supply, and then discharges -- all in the matter of seconds. On unprotected equipment, the device's makers say it will "instantly and permanently disable unprotected hardware". You might be forgiven for thinking, "Well, why exactly?"
Once a proof-of-concept, the pocket-sized USB stick now fits in any security tester's repertoire of tools and hacks, says the Hong Kong-based company that developed it. It works like this: when the USB Kill stick is plugged in, it rapidly charges its capacitors from the USB power supply, and then discharges -- all in the matter of seconds. On unprotected equipment, the device's makers say it will "instantly and permanently disable unprotected hardware". You might be forgiven for thinking, "Well, why exactly?"