Eric
Posts : 9738 Join date : 2012-07-30 Age : 73 Location : Pensacola
| Subject: Be very careful with your USB memory devices Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:27 pm | |
| They can be programmed to deliver malware from infected computers and other USB memory devices. I plan to use mine and, if I loan one to somebody, I don't want it back. You cannot delete ALL the information on a memory stick if it is programmed with malware. - Quote :
- “People look at these things and see them as nothing more than storage devices,” says Caudill. “They don’t realize there’s a reprogrammable computer in their hands.”
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/code-published-for-unfixable-usb-attack/ | |
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riceme
Posts : 3098 Join date : 2012-12-02 Age : 52 Location : Fox, Alaska
| Subject: Re: Be very careful with your USB memory devices Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:09 pm | |
| The only person who I ever accept a usb device from for my personal computer is Az. Aside from that it is an absolute no-go. She sends me stuff on them all the time. | |
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