Stories about Mobile Storage Device Security
Since this site is dedicated to researching and educating people about security and privacy risks, issues and solutions, I wanted to have a place to allow for stories, anecdotes and comments, primarily about Mobile Storage Devices such as USB Memory Drives, Digital Cameras, MP3 Players, Digital Picture Frames, PDAs, Phones, and even Laptops. I prefer verifiable stories and case studies, but even hypothetical situations may be discussed here.
Examples I will start with include some of the case studies I’ve already posted on the Security Views website (click HERE).
Please remember that you should not disclose private or confidential information that is not already in the public domain.
on February 24th, 2008 at 9:01 am
The Cyber Bag Lady
This was a general discussion article on discarding old devices that may still have data on them, which could turn up again if somebody finds the device.
Go to http://securityviews.com/blog/2007/08/31/cyber-bag-lady/ .
on August 29th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
A friend of mine in Germany discovered (fortunately before any damage was done) that a lot of cheap USB sticks made in China came with, not one but two Trojans built right into the memory manager portion of the stick - you can read about it at http://www.savory.de/blog_feb_08.htm#20080203
Oh ya the other nasty part was even though the package said they were 4GB capacity they were really only 2GB
Caveat Emptor