USB drives infected? A quick analysis
Interestingly the new year 2008 opened its doors with a surprising news in the malware field. Hardware infected? Yes, again malware guys have showed their extraordinary fantasy to spread panic and disasters over the computer world. According to recent reports by SANS Internet Storm Center there is a new trend to transmit malwares through hardware vehicles like USB ports.
As you know USB port is a very powerful channel used to transfer information-data between our PC and an external device. Look at –for example- memory sticks, SD cards for digital camera, GPS devices and external hard drives. So every device plugged into your PC through a USB port is considered a hard drive, and every device considered a hard drive by your PC can be infected by a compromising malware. USB drives infected? A quick analysis - CA Security Advisor Research Blog - CA