In a recent study, researchers from Google and the universities of Illinois and Michigan dropped nearly 300 USB sticks off at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus and measured how many ...

If your USB drive is being shown as two separate drives on your Windows PC, follow the below methods to fix the issue: Use some basic troubleshooting tips Run the Hardware and Device Troubleshooter ...

And it’s only a partial fix at that. Last week, a couple of hackers released the codefor malware that exploits a serious security flaw found in every single USB device, in hopes someone will come up ...

I have a flash stick that isn't performing at full speed. It's a Sandisk 128gb, USB 3.0. It took over 5 minutes to transfer 2 files totalling 6gb onto it. I don't know why it's slow lately but by ...

In July, researchers Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell announced that they’d found a critical security flaw they called BadUSB, allowing attackers to smuggle malware on the devices effectively undetected.

When security researchers Adam Caudill and Brandon Wilson publicly released attack code two weeks ago that takes advantage of an insidious vulnerability in USB devices, they argued that publishing ...

Getting a virus cleaned off your computer can be a burden at the best of times. But now a new USB stick aims to make it far easier by giving you the same tools as the professionals - and all you have ...

USB thumb drives might not be the highest-tech form of digital storage in 2025, but I continue to carry one around with me - here's what's on mine.