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143 articles decelerating

USB has appeared in 143 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2023Q3 with 10 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Apple, iPhone, Microsoft, USB-C.

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143
mentions
Velocity
-66.7%
growth rate
Acceleration
-5.667
velocity change
Sources
33
publications

Coverage Timeline

2023-09-20
Wired 1 related

Mandiant details UNC53, a China-backed group that hacked 29+ global orgs since 2022 by tricking staff into using malware-infected USB drives, mostly in Africa

Andy Greenberg / Wired : Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social . Bluesky: @agreenberg.bsky.social Mastodon: Kevin Beaumont / @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social : Y'all may remember my #TheWormCircus m...

2023-05-21
Wired

A history of Turla, an APT that is the “premiere espionage tool” of Russia's FSB, in operation for 25+ years, with its Snake malware in use for nearly 20 years

From USB worms to satellite-based hacking, Russia's FSB hackers, known as Turla, have spent 25 years distinguishing themselves as “adversary number one.” LinkedIn: Andy Greenberg LinkedIn: Andy Greenb...

2023-01-08
Wired 3 related

Mandiant: Russian cyberespionage group Turla piggybacked on other hackers' decade-old malware that spread via USB drives to stealthily access victim networks

Andy Greenberg / Wired :

2023-01-07
Wired 7 related

Mandiant: Russian cyberespionage group Turla piggybacked on other hackers' decade-old malware that spread via USB drives to stealthily access victim networks

The infamous, FSB-connected Turla group took over other hackers' servers, exploiting their USB drive malware for targeted espionage.

2021-12-08
BleepingComputer 3 related

Researchers discover 27 vulnerabilities in the Eltima SDK, a library used by numerous cloud providers including AWS to remotely mount a local USB device

Researchers have discovered 27 vulnerabilities in Eltima SDK, a library used by numerous cloud providers to remotely mount a local USB device. Source: SentinelOne .

2020-06-14
BleepingComputer 15 related

Microsoft is aware of a bug affecting Windows 10 PCs with a printer connected via USB that renders the USB port unusable; patch is coming in a future OS update

Windows 10 users are reporting that they are unable to print using devices from multiple vendors after installing updates …

2020-06-13
BleepingComputer 12 related

Microsoft is aware of a bug affecting Windows 10 PCs with a printer connected via USB that renders the USB port unusable; patch is coming in a future OS update

Windows 10 users are reporting that they are unable to print using devices from multiple vendors after installing updates …

2020-05-28
ZDNet

Researchers made a USB fuzzing tool, with plans to open source it, that found 26 USB bugs in Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD; Linux had the most and has fixed 11

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :

2020-03-03
Wired

How a security analyst sent his mother to a state correctional facility with fake credentials to plant malicious USB drives, resulting in the director using one

Security analyst John Strand had a contract to test a correctional facility's defenses.  He sent the best person for the job: his mother. Tweets: @condenast and @kimzetter Tweets: Cond Nast / @condena...

2019-09-04
Wired 5 related

Flaws found in Supermicro motherboards could let hackers remotely mount virtual USB drives; patch issued, but 47,000+ potentially exposed devices found online

Lily Hay Newman / Wired :

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Narrative

USB has appeared in 282 Techmeme articles since January 2015. The biggest stories include Apple unveils the $599+ MacBook Neo, with a 13-inch Liquid Retina display, an A18 Pro... and Apple unveils the $599+ MacBook Neo, with a 13-inch Liquid Retina display, an A18 Pro.... Frequently covered alongside USB-C, Apple, Microsoft, USB Type-C, and iPhone. Coverage has shifted toward consumer themes and away from regulation, research.

Key Moments

2024Q4consumer -38pts; research -25pts; funding +12pts
2026Q1consumer +38pts; funding -12pts; regulation -38pts

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