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Beware — Someone is dropping Malware-infected USB Sticks into People's Letterbox

Hey! Wait! Wait! Wait!

Don’t plug in that USB stick into your laptop. It could infect your computer with malware and viruses.

Australia’s Victoria Police Force has issued a warning regarding unmarked USB flash drives containing harmful malware being dropped inside random people’s letterboxes in the Melbourne suburb of Pakenham.

It seems to one of the latest tactics of cyber criminals to

Beware of Fake USB Chargers that Wirelessly Record Everything You Type, FBI warns

Last year, a white hat hacker developed a cheap Arduino-based device that looked and functioned just like a generic USB mobile charger, but covertly logged, decrypted and reported back all keystrokes from Microsoft wireless keyboards.

Dubbed KeySweeper, the device included a web-based tool for live keystroke monitoring and was capable of sending SMS alerts for typed keystrokes, usernames, or