If USB flash drive contain any of malware/virus/worm inserted to linux host without being mount (auto mount disabled), does malware/virus/worm will infect host

  • Knusper@feddit.de
    2·
    1 year ago

    If it’s a USB stick you don’t trust, you should always be careful. There’s malicious hardware that looks like a USB stick, but pretends to be a keyboard, making malicious inputs. Or hardware which contains condensators that charge up from your USB port and then send a strong electrical pulse into your PC, potentially frying electronics.

    • 1_4M_N008@programming.devOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Maybe it’s called ‘USB Killer’ (Please Correct Me If I Misunderstood), and thanks for your warning, But i am dealing with a normal USB flash drive.