We’ve been recently looking into USB 2.0 – the ubiquitous point-to-point communications standard. USB 2 is completely different from USB 3, the blue-connector next-generation USB standard. For ...

A new Kickstarter project called Hacknect hides a Wi-Fi-enabled hacking and automation platform inside what appears to be an ordinary USB cable. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...

Recently [Dillan Stock] bought a $17 ‘mushroom’ lamp from his local Kmart that listed ‘USB-C rechargeable’ as one of its features. Unfortunately while this is technically true, there’s a pretty major ...

It seems like the ACE3 USB-C controller used on Apple iPhone 15 and newer can be hacked thanks to insufficient safeguards in the controller's firmware. The breach was achieved by security researchers ...

Android 16 appears to be setting things up for enhanced security and protection against attacks that use USB devices to breach security and possibly retrieve sensitive data. Google has long been vocal ...

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