Would you trust a stranger who asks for your house keys?
Imagine plugging in a pendrive found in a parking lot – it sounds like curiosity, but it ends in tragedy. It could be your computer, your data and your life that will be infected by malware.
Don’t take any chances. If you find an unknown device, report it to the IT department. The same applies to your private computers – don’t connect any foreign USB devices.
The Internet is full of stories about a pendrive found in a parking lot that was connected to a company computer. It was infected with malware that paralyzed the company’s systems.
Tips:
- Never connect unknown devices to a company computer.
- Report found devices to IT.
- Apply the principle of limited trust.
Read stories from the Internet about what can end up when you connect foreign devices to a USB port.
- You found a USB stick – what’s the worst that can happen?
- Malicious pendrive – how to prepare it and use it in a break-in?
- New way of fraud – be careful with found pendrive
- Pendrive trap. It looks ordinary, but it hides a dangerous secret
- A found pendrive can damage your computer
- Watch a video of how a properly prepared pendrive burned the laptop’s motherboard and permanently damaged the USB ports of many devices