Watch out: That USB stick in your mailbox might be infected
Sep22
If you found a stray USB stick in your mailbox, could you resist the temptation of picking it up and popping it into your computer to take a look around? Right now, you’re probably thinking that you’d never dream of connecting an untrusted device to your PC. However, a recent study conducted by students at the University of Illinois found that nearly half of 297 thumb-sized storage drives randomly placed around the campus were picked up and inserted into machines. It appears that some Aussie hackers have taken note of this experiment and have added their own malicious twist, as a number…
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