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Privacy Tip #62 – PoisonTap Can Compromise Computer with USB Stick

By Linn Foster Freedman on November 23, 2016
Posted in Privacy Tips

Security researcher Samy Kamkar has announced that a new hacking tool—PoisonTap—can  be loaded onto a USB stick and used to hijack the Internet connection of one’s computer.

The way it works is that if someone leaves their computer unattended, a hacker can stick the USB drive into the unattended laptop and although the individual may…

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