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IBM hands out malware laden USBs

IBM has been handing out more than USB sticks at a conference in Australia this week and the security experts weren’t happy with what they got.

24 May 2010

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It is not unusual to receive a freebie USB stick when you attend a conference, but the ones IBM was handing out at a security event in Australia last week had a little extra surprise in store for the attendees.

The complementary sticks passed out at the AusCERT show were riddled with malware

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