The Truth About USB “Serial Numbers” – Redux

Last year, we gave a presentation proving that what we have been calling USB serial numbers, turns out to not be serial numbers. In fact, we showed a number of examples where Windows reported multiples of "serial numbers" for the same USB item. We were able to show this because of the luxury of conducting testing on a known device. The downside is that often you don't have that device when conducting your investigation, so you have to trust what …

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