Dark Tip : USB Switchblade

Posted in: Dark Tip | April 28th, 2007

I am back for another dark tip that not only is useful but potentially devastating for security.

It is called the USB Switchblade. This was a community based project that was introduced in the Hak.5 forums (http://hak5.org) . What the device does is upon insertion in the targets PC will automagically obtain information (depending on what type of USB you have).

So let’s go over the steps of installing the USB Switchblade.

  1. Make sure that you have a USB drive. I would say that 32mb is fine but if you want to obtain a lot of information I would say that 128 is perfect. If you have the U3 there is a method for you but I will discuss that in a future post becuase the type i am covering is for standard USB drives.
  2. Next go to this page
  3. Download the original Non U3 version
  4. After the download is finished, open the .rar file. If you can’t open this file i recommend you download the free 7-Zip program at http://www.7-zip.org/
  5. Now insert your USB drive and extract the files inside the PCInfo folder into the root of the USB drive (ie, C:\ or F:\). The folders that are now added should be “batexe” “dump” and “icons”
  6. Take out your USB device and plug it in again. You should notice the usual dialogs and message window pop up. Click OK but make sure the icon is on the icon used to show the USB drive.
  7. Now wait 5-15 seconds and look in the folder called “dump”. In there you should find information on your pc in there including autosaved IE passwords.

Hopefully everything worked out for you in this post. Until the next time I post, i have been your Dark Tipper of the site, Psichonico. Bye

Related posts:

  1. Get an Applications Dock Icon to Go Away!
  2. Dark Tip : Use LM Hashes to crack Windows Passwords
  3. Uninstall AT&T Software from your AT&T Tilt HTC 8925 Windows Mobile 6.1
  4. AT&T Tilt 8925 User Manual Using Transcriber

3 Responses to “Dark Tip : USB Switchblade”

  1. Psichonico Says:
    April 30th, 2007 at 8:36 am

    Cool Tip :)

  2. Darren Kitchen Says:
    May 2nd, 2007 at 5:36 am

    There’s a whole ton more info on both the USB Switchblade and USB Hacksaw on our wiki, check it out at http://www.hak5.org/wiki

  3. ss Says:
    December 31st, 2008 at 8:22 am

    How do you install the U3 version?

Leave a Reply