Takeaway: With the growth of cheap storage devices, a new scam has people 'accidently' finding a memory stick at an airport or coffee shop that they assume fell out of someone's pocket, they plugging it into their computer and, WHOOPS, they now have a malicious program on their computer. Hackers have learned that there are USB memory devices that can install a keylogging or trojan horse programs right onto your computer, so everyone in the office should be aware to only use authorized storage devices.
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Source: Security Views
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