If it's not one thing...

[Leif]

...your USB memory stick could (pretend to) be something quite different:

BBC News - USB 'critically flawed' after bug discovery, researchers say

[Rudi]

That is scary. A wide door as you'll ever have for nastiness....
I'll be much more aware of what I plug into my PC.

[stuck]

We haven't been able to plug in USB devices at work for a long time. They are blocked by some clever software (Lumension).

Ken

[Leif]

We haven't been able to plug in USB devices at work for a long time. They are blocked by some clever software (Lumension).

Ken

I meant to reply to this before - but here at work, if it's not one thing...

Are you saying you cannot even plug in a USB keyboard or mouse? My reading of the article is that someone plugs in (say) a USB memory stick - which may well be 'blocked' by clever software - but the identity of the stick has been altered so that it appears to the operating system as (say) a keyboard. If that is accepted, then to all extents and purposes, you have just handed control over to a rogue input device...

[stuck]

No, Lumension knows about things like keyboards & mice so I suppose a USB stick pretending to be a keyboard might fool it. If I remember next time I'm passing through our IT area I'll ask about this.

Ken

[BobH]

Mea Culpa.

Sorry about starting a duplicate thread, Leif.

I've reached the age where my memory is atrocious.

[Leif]

No problem! At the very least you've highlighted the issue again

[Leif]

And now they tell us a 'Factory Reset' doesn't really do a reset - BBC News - Tesco Hudl and other Android devices face data reset flaw.

[Rudi]

So whats the bottom line here ... how/where does one store sensitive data safely for preservation!!
Do we go back (full circle) to cryptography on paper?
Imagine that!

[Leif]

I just use lemon juice.

[Rudi]

Huh?

[Leif]

Like this:








OK?

[Leif]

Spoiler

Create invisible ink with lemon juice - Fun Science Experiments for Kids

[Rudi]

ah ... ok ... nifty strategy. :)

[viking33]

ah ... ok ... nifty strategy. :)

If you say so!