Gifts that eat

Jun 08, 2006 16:03

Props to Bruce Schneier's weblog.

Beware those freebies that plug into your USB port -- you expect them to be blank, but how do you know?

This story demonstrates how old-school virus techniques are still effective. You don't even have to run Pr0n.exe, the OS will do it for you!

Of course, this vector only works on machines that autorun disks and USB devices when they connect.

This is progress?
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