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#TechBytes: How to keep your USB drives safe from malware

USB drives are an easy and portable way to store data, but they are also prone to malware attacks. These attacks can corrupt ...
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How to Remove Malware from Your PC Using a USB Drive

Your PC's antivirus software might be able to tackle malware, but some infections require more powerful solutions. If you're dealing with a nasty malware infection that you just can't shift, a USB ...
Design News

Malware on USB Devices: A Growing Threat to Industrial Operations

Industrial organizations spend a lot of time and money on high-tech walls designed to keep out malware. But lately hackers have been deploying a simple tool to breach those walls: the humble USB drive ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Black Basta Deploys PlugX Malware in USB Devices With New Technique

An operation responding to a Black Basta ransomware compromise has revealed the use of a new PlugX malware variant that can automatically infect any attached removable USB media devices. Palo Alto ...