The ol’booby-trapped-USB-trick just got a huge upgrade that does more than infect your computer with malevolent viruses; instead, it delivers a negative 220-volt electric surge that fries your ...

Renowned U.K. game developer David Braben set his game programming aside for a short while to create an amazingly affordable personal computer that he hopes will prompt an overhaul of computer ...

A Hong Kong-based technology manufacturer, USBKill.com, has taken data security to the “Mission Impossible” extreme by creating a USB stick that uses an electrical discharge to fry an unauthorized ...

USB drives have been a very common way to carry data and transfer it from one computer to another, but you need to be very careful of what you plug into your device. These sticks have already been ...

A hacker's best friend is that little USB stick you plug into your computer. The small flash-memory drives are often used to easily share files from computer to computer. But as Tech Insider saw ...

As a DIY USB stick capable of destroying a computer in seconds is created, we reveal ways you can protect yourself A HOMEMADE USB stick capable of blasting volts through a PC destroying it in seconds ...

These 'killer' USB sticks can fry your laptop or phone in seconds, if plugged in. A simple USB stick, created by a Russian security researcher known as 'Dark Purple' can instantly fry any machine it ...