Towards Protection Against a USB Device Whose Firmware Has Been Compromised or Turned as ‘BadUSB’

Shafique, Usman; Zahur, Shorahbeel Bin

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12385-7_66

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“…The USB-related attacks exist in multiple forms, such as USB Mass Storage devices that contain malware, smart drives that include malicious auto-run payloads or programmable Human Interface Device (HID), where malicious code is embedded in the device's firmware and asks to install a hidden USB human interface, such as keyboard, mouse or other interface devices [7]. An example of the latter attack is known as BadUSB [8,9], which exploits an vulnerability in USB firmware by reprogramming the USB device to act as a defined HID and discreetly execute commands or run malicious programs on a target.…”

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Distributed Architecture to Enhance Systems Protection against Unauthorized Activity via USB Devices

Oliveira

Pinto

Santos

2021

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Cyberattacks exploiting Universal Serial Bus (USB) interfaces may have a high impact on individual and corporate systems. The BadUSB is an attack where a USB device’s firmware is spoofed and, once mounted, allows attackers to execute a set of malicious actions in a target system. The countermeasures against this type of attack can be grouped into two strategies: phyiscal blocking of USB ports and software blocking. This paper proposes a distributed architecture that uses software blocking to enhance system protection against BadUSB attacks. This architecture is composed of multiple agents and external databases, and it is designed for personal or corporate computers using Microsoft Windows Operating System. When a USB device is connected, the agent inspects the device, provides filtered information about its functionality and presents a threat assessment to the user, based on all previous user choices stored in external databases. By providing valuable information to the user, and also threat assessments from multiple users, the proposed distributed architecture improves system protection.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%