Verbatim Corporate Secure FIPS Edition USB Flash Drives (1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB).

Verbatim Corporate Secure USB Flash Drive (1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB).

Kingson DataTraveler Elite – Privacy Edition (DTEP).

Kingson DataTraveler Secure – Privacy Edition (DTSP).

SanDisk's Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition with McAfee USB flash drive, CZ46 (1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB).

SanDisk's Cruzer Enterprise with McAfee USB flash drive, CZ38 (1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB).

SanDisk's Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition USB flash drive, CZ32 (1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB).

SanDisk's Cruzer Enterprise USB flash drive, CZ22 (1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB).

Individuals should contact Kingston technology support to receive an update, the company said. Verbatim issued a similar advisory, which also directs users to a site where they can download an update.

The flaw is not present in the hardware or firmware in affected devices but is part of the drive's application on a user's computer, according to SanDisk's alert, which includes an update to address the issue. “A skilled person with the proper tools and physical access to the drives may be able to gain unauthorized access to data contained on Kingston Secure USB drives,” Kingston said in an advisory on its website. The vulnerability, which affects certain secure Kingston, SanDisk and Verbatim flash drives, is present in the mechanism used to verify an individual's password. Secure flash drives utilize 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption to protect sensitive information. Several flash drive manufacturers recently issued warnings about a flaw which could allow an attacker to access encrypted data on a supposedly secure USB drive.

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