About USB
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus standard to interface devices. USB was designed to allow peripherals to be connected using a single standardized interface socket and to improve plug-and-play capabilities by allowing devices to be connected and disconnected without rebooting the computer (hot swapping). Other convenient features include providing power to low-consumption devices without the need for an external power supply and allowing many devices to be used without requiring manufacturer specific, individual device drivers to be installed.
Read MoreUSB is intended to help retire all legacy varieties of serial and parallel ports. USB can connect computer peripherals such as mouse devices, keyboards, PDAs, gamepads and joysticks, scanners, digital cameras, printers, personal media players, and flash drives. For many of those devices USB has become the standard connection method. USB is also used extensively to connect non-networked printers; USB simplifies connecting several printers to one computer. USB lock software can lock out memory devices and still allow other USB peripherals to function. The USB was originally designed for personal computers, but it has become commonplace on other devices such as PDAs and video game consoles. In 2004, there were about 1 billion USB devices in the world.
The design of USB is standardized by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), an industry standards body incorporating leading companies from the computer and electronics industries. Notable members have included Agere, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard, Intel, NEC, and Microsoft.
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“ Well, oh, maybe we should use a smart card instead, or a USB token instead? ”
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Vodafone HTC Smartphone Ships With Malware
Explore Article esecurityplanet.com (19 hours, 53 min ago) Corporate , ID Theft Prevention
.... When the phone, which runs on the Android operating system, was plugged into a Windows PC via the USB port, the Panda Cloud Antivirus software "went off," detecting both an autorun.inf and au... (Read Full Article)
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The evolution of online identity and trust
Explore Article scmagazineus.com (Mar 2 2010) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention
...ital version of the document. These digital versions could take many formats, such as a smart card, USB dongle, or credential on a smart phone. With these tools in place, people can assert identity or, e...
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Mass. law requires strict IT security
Explore Article Fosters.com (Mar 1 2010) Corporate , Government , Compliance
...ewall security, and anti-virus and anti-spyware software. — Encrypt e-mails and e-mail attachments, USB flash drives, and PDAs containing personal information. — Manage record destruction properly (in-of... (Read Full Article)
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Data security breaches often triggered by carelessness
Explore Article American Medical Association (Feb 22 2010) Healthcare , Compliance
...mpany in 2009 found that in a six-month period, 12,500 mobile devices were left in taxis, and 4,500 USB memory sticks were left in pockets of pants sent to dry cleaners.
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Analyst: "Are These Banks Asleep at the Wheel?"
Explore Article bankinfosecurity.com (Feb 12 2010) ID Theft Prevention
...d so some banks will react by saying, 'Well, oh, maybe we should use a smart card instead, or a USB token instead?' The bottom line is all these factors are going through the user's browser, ... (Read Full Article)
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Full Text Of Cambridge Report On Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode
Explore Article StorefrontBacktalk (Feb 6 2010)
... per customer to issue CAP calculators, banks should spend $20 to issue a similar device but with a USB interface and a trustworthy display. What must be done to make it happen? As this paper should brin... (Read Full Article)
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IT Lessons Learned: Data Theft
Explore Article Processor.com (Jan 29 2010) Corporate , ID Theft Prevention
...internal theft is more difficult by not allowing floppy drives, CD and DVD writers, or unauthorized USB drives. • Use open-source network scanning tools to ensure that the network only permits expected t...
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Attempted hacker attacks in healthcare on the rise
Explore Article healthcareitnews.com (Jan 27 2010) Healthcare , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention
...denial-of-service attacks. It can also be spread to other computers via peer-to-peer networking and USB devices. The news comes at a critical moment for healthcare systems security, as hospitals, care ce... (Read Full Article)
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Report: Data Breach Costs On The Rise
Explore Article crn.com (Jan 26 2010) Corporate , Compliance
...on breaches occurring when data is lost in transmission, such as via e-mail attachments, on disk or USB drives. And Ponemon said that the use of granular, high-end technologies, such as DLP and access ma... (Read Full Article)
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Storage wrinkle: 4,500 flash drives left at the cleaners
Explore Article Computerworld (Jan 22 2010) Consumer , Corporate , ID Theft Prevention
...t? Check with your dry cleaner. A survey by a U.K.-based company shows that in the last year, 4,500 USB flash drives were forgotten in pockets of clothes left at the dry cleaners, and thousands more hand... (Read Full Article)
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Identity theft feared as data lost
Explore Article healthzone.ca (Dec 23 2009) Healthcare , Medical Identity Theft , Lastest Data Breaches
...nded flu clinics in Durham Region may be at risk of identity theft following the disappearance of a USB key containing their personal information. Tens of thousands of people who attended flu clinics in ... (Read Full Article)
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ITRC Fact Sheet 119
Explore Article Identity Theft Resource Center (Dec 10 2009)
... your computer in the event that your hard drive has to be reformatted. If you have the ability, USB backup drives are now available for about $200 which come with backup software, and can schedule b... (Read Full Article)
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The Year Of The Mega Data Breach
Explore Article forbes.com (Nov 25 2009) Consumer , Corporate , Data Breach
...like encryption and data loss prevention (DLP) software, which guards network exits like e-mail and USB ports to block the leakage of sensitive data. Since 2005, encryption of entire hard drives has incr... (Read Full Article)
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Whack-A-Mole Security: Bad Policy, Bad Legislation
Explore Article huffingtonpost.com (Nov 23 2009) Corporate , Data Breach
...cured file, the confidential information could have been leaked in many different ways--from a lost USB drive to a stolen laptop to a snooping roommate. If the file would have even had basic passwor... (Read Full Article)
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Missing Hard Drive Exposes Soldiers' Data
Explore Article internetnews.com (Nov 19 2009) Government , Lastest Data Breaches
...ty research group the Ponemon Institute, more than 800,000 data-sensitive memory devices, including USB drives, hard drives and laptops, are either lost or stolen each year. (Read Full Article)
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