retroremakes
February 2nd, 2010, 00:40
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_4206721062_4eb43697d5.jpgUK security agency MI5 has issued a warning regarding freebie flash drives (http://gizmodo.com/tag/flashdrives/) and cameras. Apparently Chinese spies are handing them out to UK businessmen in hopes of infecting their computers with trojans and gaining access to corporate secrets.
Of course old-fashioned methods—sex and money—are still being used as well, but it seems that few people expect an innocent gadget gift to contain danger in the form of a trojan or malware. After all, why else would a security agency's 14-page report be focusing on this espionage approach more than it did on other tricks?
I guess it's time for me to become a bit more paranoid about the pile of flash drives I picked up at CES. [Times Online (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7009749.ece) via IEEE (http://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/computing/it/beware-accepting-free-memory-sticks-and-cameras-at-trade-fairs-says-mi5?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum %29&utm_content=Google+Reader)]
Note: Pictured flash drive (http://gizmodo.com/tag/flashdrive/) is not a known spy and belongs to Gadget_Guru (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28502132@N05/4206721062/)
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1) http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=q_RuEuVkmQg:4vI0P6u9jDE:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=q_RuEuVkmQg:4vI0P6u9jDE:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=q_RuEuVkmQg:4vI0P6u9jDE:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=q_RuEuVkmQg:4vI0P6u9jDE:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=q_RuEuVkmQg:4vI0P6u9jDE:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=q_RuEuVkmQg:4vI0P6u9jDE:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/q_RuEuVkmQg
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/q_RuEuVkmQg/china-using-freebie-flash-drives-to-spy-on-britain)
Of course old-fashioned methods—sex and money—are still being used as well, but it seems that few people expect an innocent gadget gift to contain danger in the form of a trojan or malware. After all, why else would a security agency's 14-page report be focusing on this espionage approach more than it did on other tricks?
I guess it's time for me to become a bit more paranoid about the pile of flash drives I picked up at CES. [Times Online (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7009749.ece) via IEEE (http://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/computing/it/beware-accepting-free-memory-sticks-and-cameras-at-trade-fairs-says-mi5?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum %29&utm_content=Google+Reader)]
Note: Pictured flash drive (http://gizmodo.com/tag/flashdrive/) is not a known spy and belongs to Gadget_Guru (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28502132@N05/4206721062/)
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1) http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=q_RuEuVkmQg:4vI0P6u9jDE:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=q_RuEuVkmQg:4vI0P6u9jDE:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=q_RuEuVkmQg:4vI0P6u9jDE:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=q_RuEuVkmQg:4vI0P6u9jDE:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=q_RuEuVkmQg:4vI0P6u9jDE:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=q_RuEuVkmQg:4vI0P6u9jDE:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/q_RuEuVkmQg
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/q_RuEuVkmQg/china-using-freebie-flash-drives-to-spy-on-britain)