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Patient data at U of M hospital breached

Greg Masters February 06, 2012

A thief broke into a doctor's car and stole a briefcase containing a flash drive that held personal data on patients of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Alberta school board loses sensitive flash drive

Angela Moscaritolo April 20, 2011

A USB stick containing the personal information of thousands of employees of Alberta's Edmonton Public School Board has gone missing.

Scaled down, armored up: Small and midsized business protection

Angela Moscaritolo April 01, 2011

For many small and midsize businesses, neglecting IT security is a thing of the past, reports Angela Moscaritolo.

Penn. Medicaid recipients' information on missing flash drive

Angela Moscaritolo October 22, 2010

Two health insurers said a flash drive containing the personal health information of hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania Medicaid recipients has gone missing.

A quarter of worms designed to spread via USB

Angela Moscaritolo August 27, 2010

A quarter of new worms this year specifically have been designed to spread through USB storage devices, researchers at Panda Security said Thursday. This malware typically is designed to copy itself to any device capable of storing information, including flash sticks, cell phones, external hard drives, DVDs, and MP3 players. The malware is highly effective and typically runs automatically when a USB device is connected to a computer, silently infecting the system. — AM

Microsoft repairs shortcut flaw leading to SCADA malware

Dan Kaplan August 02, 2010

Microsoft on Monday released an emergency fix for a Windows vulnerability that is being exploited to launch attacks against industrial control systems.

Stuxnet: a wake-up call, but not necessarily a nightmare

Eric Knapp, director of critical infrastructure markets, NitroSecurity July 26, 2010

The fact that a new strain of malware specifically is targeting critical infrastructure control systems certainly is troubling, but because SCADA platforms are designed to be predictable, suspicious activity can be detected.

Flaw uses USB devices as vector to steal data

Dan Kaplan July 19, 2010

The first publicly known zero-day vulnerability to affect Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 2 since Microsoft earlier this month ended support for the platform is being leveraged to execute malware designed to steal sensitive data from critical infrastructure providers.

Microsoft looks into malware spreading via USB

Dan Kaplan July 16, 2010

Microsoft is investigating new reports that malware is propagating through USB devices, which may be linked to an unpatched vulnerability in Windows.

Military ban against USB drives partially lifted

Angela Moscaritolo February 19, 2010

After more than a yearlong ban, USB drives and other removable media devices may now used on military networks under "very specific circumstances and guidelines."