USB Infections Growing

Remember when your Professor or Boss would not take your work because they were afraid of a sneaky little virus. Well floppy disks are old news and flash drives are a dime a dozen. So of course our wonderful world of hackers has invoked themselves into this newer technology; or you might as well say local hackers, have brought back some old coding tricks to wreak havoc on us again. It seems they are using the potable devices we have become dependent on as a new old way to spread malware.

The coding works as soon as you plug in your USB drive. All USB drives at this time are at risk of spreading infections this way. So if you have an iPod or other media device you are also at risk. Security experts are suggesting to all administrators to disable the autorun for connected devices. This is really not a big headache, but they are also recommending companies set policies to limit the use of these devices. I can understand media players for a company, but so not flash drives. So if you go back to work after the holiday break and find a new policy in place, do not be too surprised. It’s the hackers fault, for being to stubborn to earn his or her money the old fashion way.