On this occasion, electrical signals can expose our data to an attacker and compromise our privacy and security.
This phenomenon affects USB devices that are connected to adjacent ports.
This research has been carried out by the scientists at the University of Adelaide in Australia.
According to the project leader, Yuval Yarom: Electricity flows like water along the pipes.
This is done through the electrical signals transmitted by the USB itself.
Anything that goes unencrypted through the ports of adjacent USB devices can be collected very easily.
They did a practical test to prove that their theory is possible.
For this, they used a small lamp that connects by USB.
All this data that the lamp collected was sent to a computer via Bluetooth.
They add that it is not at all difficult to attack users in this way.
They assure that a great percentage of users connects USB ports of random form without knowing really its origin.
For example at work.
Simply plug in a USB stick to print a document.
At other times we have seen how important it is to keep our equipment updated and with security programs.
This helps us to avoid potential functionality issues and ensure that we can work properly with our team.
So, what do you think about this security flaw?
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