From: Dave \ (davek_throwawayhotmail.com)
Date: Sun Dec 30 2007 - 22:13:40 CST

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Todd Troxell wrote:
> I discovered rather inadvertently that laptops do not enjoy having
> their USB VCC shorted to GND one bit. It is a sure DoS, in fact if
> the machine has a stupid power supply, it could result in permanent
> damage. It is kind of scary for kiosk machines like the those
> ubiquitous Kodak photo centers.
>
> I give you, the usb pwner. It could even hide inside a legitimate
> stick:
>
> USB Pwner schematic
>
> VCC ------------
> D+ ---(nc) |
> D ---(nc) |
> GND ------------

  See also ...
http://www.hackerslab.org/images/geek/2005/may/etherkiller.jpg

    cheers,
      DaveK
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