The technique of spreading malware has reverted to an old school method, using USB ports as a point of entry.
This was the finding of McAfee’s latest quarterly threat report, which showed USB worms as the top offender for the start of 2010.
“Go back 20 years and malware used USBs to spread,” said Greg Day, director of security strategy in EMEA for McAfee, in an interview with IT PRO. “But we have been living in an age of internet and networking malware.”
“The report has [shown that] this old technique, that was long forgotten, has come back.”
Day said the increase of remote working, with more people using their own devices in and out of the office – be it USB sticks, laptops, tablets or smartphones – is making security even more challenging.
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