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That Innocent Little Thumb Drive Could Be Big Security Trouble
2014-08-01 20:03:04| TechNewsWorld
USB flash drives could be at risk of a pernicious attack on their firmware. Over the past two decades, USB devices, aka "thumb drives," have proliferated all over the world, because USB has proven to be a versatile standard. That versatility, though, also makes USB devices vulnerable to what could be a very nasty firmware attack, noted Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell of Secure Research Labs.
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Most USB thumb drives can be reprogrammed to infect computers
2014-08-01 13:44:38| InfoWorld: Top News
Most USB devices have a fundamental security weakness that can be exploited to infect computers with malware in a way that cannot easily be prevented or detected, security researchers found. The problem is that the majority of USB thumb drives, and likely other USB peripherals available on the market, do not protect their firmware -- the software that runs on the microcontroller inside them, said Karsten Nohl, the founder and chief scientist of Berlin-based Security Research Labs.
Kroger approaches Tom Thumb parent Safeway about buying some assets
2014-03-03 21:20:22| Grocery - Topix.net
Kroger Co., the largest U.S. supermarket chain, recently approached Safeway Inc. about buying part of its operations, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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HP sticks thumb in Microsoft's eye, discounts Windows 7 PCs
2014-01-21 15:59:06| InfoWorld: Top News
Hewlett-Packard this week launched a new online promotion that discounts several consumer PCs by $150 when equipped with Windows 7, saying the four-year-old OS is "back by popular demand." "The reality is that there are a lot of people who still want Windows 7," said Bob O'Donnell, chief analyst at Technalysis Research, in a Monday interview. "This is a twist, though, and may appeal to those who said, 'I do want a new PC, but I thought I couldn't get Windows 7.'"
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TC Thumb Loop Update
2013-10-10 06:43:00| Transmission & Distribution World
With the completion of Bauer Substation in April 2012, M. J. Electric began the next phase of the ITC Thumb Loop Project with the Bauer to Rapson Transmission Line. read more