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Monday April 30, 2007 2:01 pm

Warning: Beware of Trojan USB Flash Drives

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Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Storage, USB

Flash Drive in ComputerWe’d like to warn you about a new way to steal your online banking data. In London, an innocent-looking USB flash drive was found on the ground. The curious (and who wouldn’t be?), finder plugged it into their computer—and unknowingly installed a trojan, designed specifically to steal the user’s bank login and personal data, without warning. An investigation into the matter is underway, so hopefully more details will emerge soon. Now that we’re all much more savvy about phishing and identity theft, techie thieves are finding more and more covert ways to commit their crimes.


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