Computer Users Warns of Inserting Unclaimed USB Sticks

Delivering a speech at the annual Software Technology Summit organized in the Green Hills of California, United States, Adriel Desautels, Chief Technology Officer of NetraGard, an anti-hacking specialist company, warned computer users of USB memory sticks lying unattended. Desautels said that anyone who finds such a device lying outside his house or in any parking zone should consider twice before using it on his PC as it could mean a loss of personal identity or his IP (Intellectual Property), as reported by EETimes on December 9, 2008.

According to reports, the security discussion, a major theme at the summit, came at the most appropriate time in the face of growing incidences of malware attacks targeting corporate and gov...

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