AOL

Hackers using malware to steal data from USB flash drives

Cybercriminals are constantly finding new ways to steal your data. As people become more aware of common threats like phishing links, fake websites, fraudulent emails and impersonation scams, ...
CRN

Oops! IBM Hands Out Malware On USB Sticks

IBM broke the news to AusCERT delegates in an e-mail, alerting them that the USB sticks the company handed out at the conference might have been infected with the virus. "At the AusCERT conference ...
Campus Safety Magazine

13 Percent of Malware Attacks Come from USB Devices

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — AVAST Software has detected a growing number of malware attacks targeting the AutoRun function in Windows and plug-in USB devices. Researchers found that, of the 700,000 ...
EDN

Undetectable, Unpatchable USB-infecting malware is now publically available for anyone to use

Next time you find a foreign USB lying around, think twice before plugging it into your computer. A pair of security researchers named Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell demonstrated before an audience at ...
Bleeping Computer

Russian hackers use PowerShell USB malware to drop backdoors

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group Gamaredon (aka Armageddon or Shuckworm) continues to target critical organizations in Ukraine's military and security intelligence sectors, employing a ...
Dark Reading

Malware Spreading Via USB Drives

Security experts are warning of never-before-seen malware, dubbed Stuxnet, that spreads via USB drives, infecting PCs via an unknown -- aka zero-day -- Windows vulnerability. Unfortunately, the attack ...
WRAL TechWire

Avoid using public USB ports due to malware risks, FBI warns

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned users to stay away from public USB ports due to malware risks. On Twitter, the Denver FBI office (via CNBC) said that public charging ...
Bleeping Computer

Gamaredon's LittleDrifter USB malware spreads beyond Ukraine

A recently discovered worm that researchers call LittleDrifter has been spreading over USB drives infecting systems in multiple countries as part of a campaign from the Gamaredon state-sponsored ...
TweakTown

Malwarebytes software blocked malware from infecting a PC... from a vibrator connected via USB

Recently, a Redditor posted a strange but funny incident surrounding malware being discovered using Malwarebytes software on a PC. Apparently, they connected a vibrator (yes, the pleasure toy) to ...
Ars Technica

Vulnerable to USB pendrive virus with non-administrator account?

Seems like a lot of recent malware is designed to spread via USB storage devices. Does anyone know if any of these infections are spread via some Windows exploit, or whether they are relying simply on ...
MacRumors

FBI Warns Against Using Public USB Ports Due to Malware Risk

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) last week warned users to stay away from public USB ports due to malware risks. On Twitter, the Denver FBI office (via CNBC) said that public ...