Thumb Drives Pose Security Risk
Category: Storage / Hard Drives, Bugs / VirusPosted: July 10, 2008 07:11PM
Author: ClayMeow
Your flash thumb drive may seem harmless, but think again. In the early days of computers, viruses were often spread thru the removable media of the day, floppy disks. With the internet and email boom, that all changed, and people may have gotten too comfortable with their removable media. According to a malware monitoring site, ThreatSense.Net, "10.3% of recent malware detections involved programs trying to take advantage of thumb drives and other removable media." Couple that with a recent survey that found that 66% of consumers misplace their thumb drives, and suddenly they don't seem as safe they seem.
