The results: Roughly half of the chips were immune to the attack.
But predicting which chip a unit uses is practically impossible for the average consumer.
What is BadUSB
If you have read theBadUSB articleyou did already know it.
The demo showed that similar hacks could work against Android phones when attached to targeted computers.
The result were very unpredictable for Nohl and his associates to make a conclusive report.
Similarly the controller chips from another major Taiwanese manufacturer Genesys were much more complex.
you could read the entire Wiki Stub made by Nohl and his associates for the vulnerable deviceshere.
They generally use the chipset from the lowest market price supplier.
This causes a brand mixing even in the same category.
For instance different Kingston USB devices may use different chips from different makers at any point of time.
The cure
Nohl result also made one thing clear.
The BadUSB is not effecting only the Phison make devices but almost all devices brands available in the market.
In the meantime another major USB manufacturer Imation is taking some precautions against the BadUSB.
Nohl said that if other USB makers could follow that model the vulnerability could disappear over time.
source: www.techworm.net
