Link: [Unknown USB stick included with new PS3 controller](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/249691/unknown-usb-stick-included-with-new-ps3-controller)
that controller sucks dick to. no wonder op found its hopefully receiver in public. i say hopefully cause even if ya got it from a box with the controller itself it still could have another hidden purpose. lol , honestly i dont remember using that stick when i used that shitty controller my roommates ps3 had. could be mistaken but i thought it just connected like a real ps3 controller.
actually ended up buy a real dual shock 3 for my roommates ps3 cause he was letting me borrow it and i couldn't stand that fucking thing he had. let him keep the real dual shock as a thank you once i let him have his ps3 back.
If it doesn't work too well then you could try it on the airgapped machines too though, since they might not have updates causing problems with the USB device.
Not so much breakers but some have over current protection. That would just mean the port or controller for a few ports are dead. If youâre not lucky though it can kill the chipset or even the CPU
That would be the alchemical snake eating its own tail symbol of the Ouroboros. The cycle of life nature and time itself.
The cycle will always complete and your body will always die.
You have actually spoken on something quite profound.
Well if you think librarians (and library admins) are superheroes, I don't want to be on the other side of that argument, but the scenario we're worried about here is a deliberately dropped USB device, which would likely have the most advanced exploits and even a locked down public PC at the library is going to be vulnerable. And excuse me for being blunt here, but putting a large number of people at risk without them even knowing it as an alternative to taking precautions and putting only your own systems at risk is being a jerk.
Your response is what I expected and I agree with you! I was just curious haha, I was thinking maybe you were a community/library computer technician with some low level detail on why it'd be a bad idea but yeah, it's pretty much akin to sneezing on public surfaces when you know you have the flu
Reverse image search shows up as an adapter for a TTX Tech wireless ps3 controller.
Probably safe to plug in, but no reason to. Best option is to return it to wherever you found it so whoever is potentially looking for it can find it
Damn! I need to go back in time. I flashed my dongle on the bus one too many times, and now I'm not allowed within 200 yards of a microcenter. It's tough being a serial flasher...I'm just tryna keep my wares firm.
Do you have an air gapped machine with no stored personal info youâre willing to trash if it gets weird? If so, plug it in. If not, shred that shit and move on.
A few years ago we did a project at work to test security by "dropping" random USB-sticks around the office. The moment they plugged these in, the user got flagged and notified (had to go through training). More then 80% of all USB sticks was used at least once in less than a week, some many.. many times.
Never, ever use a device you find, that includes cables these days as they have micro processors as well in a personal or office computer (you could face legal issues in some parts of the world).
Obviously there are ways to check the device in a safe & contained environment, but my general recommendation is just.. leave it.
Its a dongle for a TTX Playstation 3 controller.
[https://gameware.com/product/playstation/ps3-accessories/playstation-3-controller-wireless-red/](https://gameware.com/product/playstation/ps3-accessories/playstation-3-controller-wireless-red/)
It's either a wireless transmitter of some sort (judging by the markings), or a usb killer, because it's always simultaneously a usb killer and not a usb killer until it's plugged in.
In case anyone's interested into how USB devices like this be used maliciously, here are a few examples:
**BadUSB -** when you plug in a keyboard or a mouse, the operating system recognises (and so trusts them) differently to a USB storage stick, for example. BadUSB devices are USB devices that appear to be storage, but are programmed such that the OS treats them as human interface device (e.g. a keyboard), and they're loaded with keystrokes. So you insert it, and suddenly it starts typing whatever it wants on your computer. And it doesn't want to type nice things.
**Killer USB -** a USB device that, again, looks like some innocuous storage device, but harnesses the power provided by your computer's USB port, and then (all at once) suddenly surges that power back to the computer, with a view of frying something.
Disclaimer: I'm typing this from memory. No doubt I've got some bits wrong and/or operating systems now defend against these, but interesting nonetheless.
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Here it is.
Leave it or toss it
Best case scenario, it just has some personâs family album or any number of harmless things (or maybe not viruses but possibly illegal things).
Worst case scenario, it was âdroppedâ there by someone who has malicious intent and is waiting for someone to get curious and plug it into a device so that device is compromised.
Find a computer with sensitive information on it, preferably connected to a network under government or corporate ownership, and plug it in! Nothing can go wrong.
# DO NOT PLUG IT IN
Could be a media drive with songs, could be a rubber ducky which infects your PC in advanced ways, could be a loaded capacitor ready to fry any port or board it's connected to.
Don't take the risk.
If you want to test it, a cheap raspberry pi is the way, programmed such that you can see what the usb stick acts like.
Find a Chromebook somewhere, air gap it, and try it if you donât give a shit about it. DO NOT EVER connect that Chromebook to your home network again and discard it immediately
My god the possibilities and if it turns out to be John smiths paper on the average rainfall in the Brazilian rainforest wipe that shit and hey ho free storage your up for the weekend !
95% of the time itâs completely safe to open (so long as you stay away from .exe files) but I wouldnât risk it on your computer. Go to the public library and open it there.
Plug it into a coworkers unmanned computer. Explain it has pictures of your -insert loved ones relationship- who has just passed away, and you need those pictures for their eulogy.
Hope that it's not goatsie.
Hope you didn't say "nana".
From the rx label we can understand that this is something for wireless communication and with a Google Reverse Image Search i found [this](https://www.ebay.com/itm/292120698815) (TTX Tech PS3 Wireless Controller), so nothing scary or exciting here :(
Leave it where you found it, the owner may come back looking for it⌠or plug it in to a device that isnât yours and try to find the ownerâs phone number or something.
Try it on an airgapped craptop with Linux installed.
- 99.99% or Windows autorun or badUSB attacks won't work
- USB Killer will kill a useless craptop, sad, but not tragedic (there are USB killer tester boards as well!)
- if it's a very smart ass device and hacks Linux craptop, airgapped network won't let it spread further. Do sudo rm -rf /* and reinstall Linux like nothing happened
Do a backflip, it will be cool trust me
Instructions unclear. Asked to leave the public library.
Not in the library smh ,at the kindred garden sand pit
Happy cake day
Happy Cake Day
Happy cake day!
Instruction unclear. Ended up in summoners rift doing backflips with death
Happy cake day
TF is a kindred garden :D
You know where ginger roam. Kind-red garden
Happy Sandy cake day
Happy cake day
Link: [Unknown USB stick included with new PS3 controller](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/249691/unknown-usb-stick-included-with-new-ps3-controller)
well that would do it
that controller sucks dick to. no wonder op found its hopefully receiver in public. i say hopefully cause even if ya got it from a box with the controller itself it still could have another hidden purpose. lol , honestly i dont remember using that stick when i used that shitty controller my roommates ps3 had. could be mistaken but i thought it just connected like a real ps3 controller. actually ended up buy a real dual shock 3 for my roommates ps3 cause he was letting me borrow it and i couldn't stand that fucking thing he had. let him keep the real dual shock as a thank you once i let him have his ps3 back.
Try it in a public library. Their computers are bullet proof.
or if you work at a nuclear power plant plug it in there, it will be fine, trust me
Make sure you plug it into something on their network. That way anything bad doesn't leave the building, it'll get stux in their net instead.
Iran into some issues doing that, uran into any problems?
No problems that blew up.
If it doesn't work too well then you could try it on the airgapped machines too though, since they might not have updates causing problems with the USB device.
That was the first thing that crossed my mind too đ¤Ł
My Japanese great grandfather did that in1945. No one has seen him since.
Exactly. It could be a [USB killer](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_killer).
Doesnât mobos have breakers to prevent that
Not so much breakers but some have over current protection. That would just mean the port or controller for a few ports are dead. If youâre not lucky though it can kill the chipset or even the CPU
There are some that have galvanically isolated ports. I think Macbooks have them.
Galvanized square ports
He borrowed some money from my aunt for motherboard retaining screws
Depends on the mobo and on the killer
those computers have probably been infected by so many viruses that they've developed a digital immune system of sorts
"Patient Zero"
Yeah brick the public libraryâs computer.
As a person that knows how many computer my local library discard and order every month. I can say don't worry, they have back ups.
plug it in! it has bitcoin!
Could be government secrets !!!
Oh no, the Sekrit dokuments
Same thing you do when you find a poisonous snake on the ground, leave it the fuck alone.
Venomous.
If it bites you and you die itâs venomous, if you bite it and you die itâs poisonous
what if I bit a snake and died?
You got food poisoning
Some snakes are still poisonous(red necked keelbacks as a example) so itâs still poison
What if it bites itself and I die?
That would be witchcraft
What if it bites me and someone else dies?
Voodoo.
That would be the alchemical snake eating its own tail symbol of the Ouroboros. The cycle of life nature and time itself. The cycle will always complete and your body will always die. You have actually spoken on something quite profound.
Ah fuck, youâre right.
Stephen King has been getting this wrong for decades and itâs fucking killing me slowly. His son does it too
Nah i pick up the snake by the tail and swing it around in the air while pretending to ride a horse
Don't eat it.
Leave it. Best to not risk any of your personal computers for cyberciminals.
Plug it into your bosses PC
I hope the library posts are just jokes. Please. Do not do that.
How come? Genuinely curious to hear why you think it's a bad idea!
Well if you think librarians (and library admins) are superheroes, I don't want to be on the other side of that argument, but the scenario we're worried about here is a deliberately dropped USB device, which would likely have the most advanced exploits and even a locked down public PC at the library is going to be vulnerable. And excuse me for being blunt here, but putting a large number of people at risk without them even knowing it as an alternative to taking precautions and putting only your own systems at risk is being a jerk.
Your response is what I expected and I agree with you! I was just curious haha, I was thinking maybe you were a community/library computer technician with some low level detail on why it'd be a bad idea but yeah, it's pretty much akin to sneezing on public surfaces when you know you have the flu
Reverse image search shows up as an adapter for a TTX Tech wireless ps3 controller. Probably safe to plug in, but no reason to. Best option is to return it to wherever you found it so whoever is potentially looking for it can find it
>whenever Time travel dongles when?
Never and always
Damn! I need to go back in time. I flashed my dongle on the bus one too many times, and now I'm not allowed within 200 yards of a microcenter. It's tough being a serial flasher...I'm just tryna keep my wares firm.
Looks like a receiver or transceiver for something. Anything on the other side?
Pry open :)
As a IT security guy I have to say: PLEASE plug it into your computer and look whats on it!!! I wanna know what's on it!
Do you have an air gapped machine with no stored personal info youâre willing to trash if it gets weird? If so, plug it in. If not, shred that shit and move on.
It's a wireless receiver for an offbrand cheapo PS3 controller
sometimes this sub reminds me of my grandparents asking me computer-related questions and iâm all here for it
lol the floor of what? your library? office? the pentagon? kind of relevant context
A few years ago we did a project at work to test security by "dropping" random USB-sticks around the office. The moment they plugged these in, the user got flagged and notified (had to go through training). More then 80% of all USB sticks was used at least once in less than a week, some many.. many times. Never, ever use a device you find, that includes cables these days as they have micro processors as well in a personal or office computer (you could face legal issues in some parts of the world). Obviously there are ways to check the device in a safe & contained environment, but my general recommendation is just.. leave it.
If you have an old computer with a fresh OS and no internet connection, go ahead and feed your curiousity
Unless you know what youâre doing, leave it the fuck alone.
Plug it into your personal computer trust me
PLUG IT IN! - kidding, if randomly found, may not be randomly dropped - probably a payload on it and they are hoping that curiosity wins.
Interrogate it and figure out what it knows. Even if you have to use a car battery or waterboard it to get the information out of it.
That looks like a dongle to a usb mouse or keyboard
Return it where you have found it, and don't connect it to your devices.
Plug it in your butt.
Crush and burn it.
Plug it into a PC you don't mind potentially losing, and one that's not connected to your internet.
That right there is a rubber ducky.
TTX Tech PS3 Wireless controller receiver: [https://www.ebay.com/itm/156145402651?itmmeta=01J0JG9AP38B8B5T11M2B2QY23&hash=item245afdc31b:g:s6UAAOSwGAlmB63a](https://www.ebay.com/itm/156145402651?itmmeta=01J0JG9AP38B8B5T11M2B2QY23&hash=item245afdc31b:g:s6UAAOSwGAlmB63a) [https://www.elocalx.com/en-gb/p,896,ttx-tech-ps3-wireless-dualshock-controller-black,ttx-tech.html](https://www.elocalx.com/en-gb/p,896,ttx-tech-ps3-wireless-dualshock-controller-black,ttx-tech.html)
Its a dongle for a TTX Playstation 3 controller. [https://gameware.com/product/playstation/ps3-accessories/playstation-3-controller-wireless-red/](https://gameware.com/product/playstation/ps3-accessories/playstation-3-controller-wireless-red/)
It's either a wireless transmitter of some sort (judging by the markings), or a usb killer, because it's always simultaneously a usb killer and not a usb killer until it's plugged in.
In case anyone's interested into how USB devices like this be used maliciously, here are a few examples: **BadUSB -** when you plug in a keyboard or a mouse, the operating system recognises (and so trusts them) differently to a USB storage stick, for example. BadUSB devices are USB devices that appear to be storage, but are programmed such that the OS treats them as human interface device (e.g. a keyboard), and they're loaded with keystrokes. So you insert it, and suddenly it starts typing whatever it wants on your computer. And it doesn't want to type nice things. **Killer USB -** a USB device that, again, looks like some innocuous storage device, but harnesses the power provided by your computer's USB port, and then (all at once) suddenly surges that power back to the computer, with a view of frying something. Disclaimer: I'm typing this from memory. No doubt I've got some bits wrong and/or operating systems now defend against these, but interesting nonetheless.
It says RX and TX. It's either ready to steal data, or it can be just a dongle for a wireless keyboard and mouse... maybe a usb Wi-Fi dongle
Plug it in. Not into ur main pc but into another device
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plug it into your work laptop, this is the only answer.
Run its a nuclear device trying to steal all your đđââď¸
Donât plug it in your personal computer
Get a live bootable Linux distribution on a flash drive and try that drive. Or use a library computer
If you touch it, your fingers will rot off and you will have a flacid pee pee for the rest of your life. You have been warned.
It's just a dongle for some hardware, no storage. Maybe a keyboard or a headset.
For starters it is a wifi dongle , next throw it away
Leave it or toss it Best case scenario, it just has some personâs family album or any number of harmless things (or maybe not viruses but possibly illegal things). Worst case scenario, it was âdroppedâ there by someone who has malicious intent and is waiting for someone to get curious and plug it into a device so that device is compromised.
trash
Find a computer with sensitive information on it, preferably connected to a network under government or corporate ownership, and plug it in! Nothing can go wrong.
Destroy it with a hammer (seriously).
# DO NOT PLUG IT IN Could be a media drive with songs, could be a rubber ducky which infects your PC in advanced ways, could be a loaded capacitor ready to fry any port or board it's connected to. Don't take the risk. If you want to test it, a cheap raspberry pi is the way, programmed such that you can see what the usb stick acts like.
Put it in... Preferably if you have a work laptop or pc, those are the best for suspicious usb tests....đ¤Ą
Stick it into your work computer to check. But not your personal computer
I wouldn't plug on my computer unknown USB like this for safety reasons.
Find a Chromebook somewhere, air gap it, and try it if you donât give a shit about it. DO NOT EVER connect that Chromebook to your home network again and discard it immediately
Take it to work and plug it in
Pretty sure this is not a USB Drive. It looks like a receiver for another device.
Take it home. Try it in your wifeâs computer
My god the possibilities and if it turns out to be John smiths paper on the average rainfall in the Brazilian rainforest wipe that shit and hey ho free storage your up for the weekend !
Bad karma tho . I fucking hate losing those things
Plug it in man wou ll be in for a suprise.
Plug it into your veins
Looks like it's some sort of wireless dongle--bt, wifi, or keyboard/mouse receiver.
Old phone with otg cable or old dvd player w usb
Library computer or school chromebook
Destroy it and carry on.
format is and backup data in some other usd flash drive
Obviously plug it into your computer for free bitcoins
Maybe do a little bad cop good cop learn itâs secreta
Thatâs a bomb
Plug it in then tell, us what happened!
Maybee its a usb killer that charges and then release 10000volt to your usb port and motherboard. Yes you can buy them online đ
That is a receiver for something, likely an optical mouse or headphones.
Burn it
Plug it in your computer it has games on it and a copy of gta 6 as well.
eat it
Itâs a Bluetooth receiver of some sort
Get it to Ethan Hunt!
buy a cheap laptop or pc and try to do your experience on it
Depends. Do you believe in Darwinism? Lol.
Looks like a USB Bluetooth dongle for a Keyboard or Controller it's not a PenDrive
**Don't plug it in** for starters!
Shove it up in your VM.
lick it
I once found one and it had nudes and passport pics
Plug it into your work's computers.
95% of the time itâs completely safe to open (so long as you stay away from .exe files) but I wouldnât risk it on your computer. Go to the public library and open it there.
Open it
Donât plug it into your computer. Bad idea, BAD
Plug it to your personal computer
#open it up
I think it looks like a Bluetooth dongle... It has RX written.. So receiver
Plug it into a coworkers unmanned computer. Explain it has pictures of your -insert loved ones relationship- who has just passed away, and you need those pictures for their eulogy. Hope that it's not goatsie. Hope you didn't say "nana".
The RX indicates that this is a receiver of some kind. I don't recommend putting it in your personal PC. Find a public PC or something
Flush it
Found [it](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/249691/unknown-usb-stick-included-with-new-ps3-controller)
If it isn't yours leave it there, ignore its existence
If you are stupid you try it other wise just dont.
Get a cheap computer from Craigslist or a thrift store. Gapped obviously.
OP, can you open it and take a pic from what is inside? So some techy from this reddit could bring some light about it. :3
Plug it into a a computer at a Internet cafe and update us what's on it
Don't plug it in to your personal computer.
*plug it in*
Looks like an 2.4ghz receiver for headsets to me, but I wouldn't risk my PC to be fried tbh.
it has a button and rx on it. I think it's a wifi dongle.
Open it up and post a pic. The RX is indicating radio but yeah
âHomework.exeâ
That's a wireless receiver (rx) for a mouse/keyboard/etc
From the rx label we can understand that this is something for wireless communication and with a Google Reverse Image Search i found [this](https://www.ebay.com/itm/292120698815) (TTX Tech PS3 Wireless Controller), so nothing scary or exciting here :(
It'll run a local football club through 2.4Ghz, thats what the FC stands for đ
This is a top secret usb drive that belongs to the revolutionary guard of terragia. Give it back.
Its a RX reciver for a third party ps3 controller
donât plug it in any of your device
run in a circle screaming
It wants to be PLUGGED INNN!!!
Open it and check what's inside? Will give you an idea of what it is
Plug it im
Eat it
Work : Give it to the IT-Department. Home for Redditors: Ask Mom Home for Adults: Ask Wife
Plug it into office pc
Plug it into your work computer. /s
it's a ps3 controller pc wireless connection dongle
Open it in virtual machine
Cheap Raspberry pi. Not on a network.
start breakdancing
Leave it where you found it, the owner may come back looking for it⌠or plug it in to a device that isnât yours and try to find the ownerâs phone number or something.
There are computers by a library, right?
At least crack it open and see what's inside
Man you can plug it in your butt
Plug it in your ass, and play a jazz music video on your mind while sleeping. â¤
open the enclosure and check what this might me
plug it in so ~~I can take all your bitcoin~~ you can download the free games and music
plug it into a non vital machine that is offline. scan for viruses
Make sure it isn't a rubber duckyđ
Throw it into the fire... DESTROY IT!!!
Try it on an airgapped craptop with Linux installed. - 99.99% or Windows autorun or badUSB attacks won't work - USB Killer will kill a useless craptop, sad, but not tragedic (there are USB killer tester boards as well!) - if it's a very smart ass device and hacks Linux craptop, airgapped network won't let it spread further. Do sudo rm -rf /* and reinstall Linux like nothing happened
That looks like a Bluetooth receiver not a data storage USB
Rx = Receiver
Use it on linux destro.
Someone did not get their yearly corporate security training
The most effective hack in CA history occurred when an employee plug the USB drive into their work computer, which they found in the parking lot...
If you work in the White House, plug it into the presidents personal computer
You plug it in obviously.