Solve : A fundamental USB security flaw?

1.	Solve : A fundamental USB security flaw?
Answer» This is not news. Just a heads up. Some forums report the problem is real and there is no fix. Here is a quote for one of a few: Quote Remember that fundamental USB security flaw that a pair of researchers unearthed back in July? You know, the one that ALLEGEDLY affects every single USB DEVICE in the wild for which there is no fix for. While they did publically demonstrate the flaw using a piece of MALWARE they created called BadUSB, the duo elected not to release the code. A couple of other researchers, HOWEVER, decided to throw caution to the wind by posting code for a similar attack on Github. During the RECENT Derbycon hacker convention, researchers Adam Caudill and Brandon Wilson revealed that they were also able to reverse engineer the USB firmware that Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell spoke of a few months ago. Source: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1035410/pg1 What do you think?

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This is not news. Just a heads up. Some forums report the problem is real and there is no fix. Here is a quote for one of a few:
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Remember that fundamental USB security flaw that a pair of researchers unearthed back in July? You know, the one that ALLEGEDLY affects every single USB DEVICE in the wild for which there is no fix for. While they did publically demonstrate the flaw using a piece of MALWARE they created called BadUSB, the duo elected not to release the code. A couple of other researchers, HOWEVER, decided to throw caution to the wind by posting code for a similar attack on Github. During the RECENT Derbycon hacker convention, researchers Adam Caudill and Brandon Wilson revealed that they were also able to reverse engineer the USB firmware that Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell spoke of a few months ago.

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http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1035410/pg1
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