USB Sticks Contain Significant Security Flaw

According to MWR InfoSecurity, USB sticks have been found to contain a significant security flaw which could be exploited to break into millions of computers around the world.



The flaw could allow the creation of USB sticks that "interrogate a computer and download the contents".The researches added that such devices are just months away from development, and are likely to be used by malevolent and sophisticated criminals to steal the contents of entire hard drives.



"What millions of us have seen in countless James Bond and other spy thrillers around the world has now taken a step closer to being realized," said Alex Fidgen, commercial director at MWR InfoSecurity.  "The bad guy plugging a small device into the system and removing sensitive data is no longer theoretical."