full-disclosure - Fwd: Comment on: USB devices spreading viruses

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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:31:27 +0000
From: n3td3v <xploitable@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Fwd: Comment on: USB devices spreading viruses

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From: n3td3v <xploitable@...il.com>
Date: Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:11 AM
Subject: Comment on: USB devices spreading viruses
To: n3td3v <n3td3v@...glegroups.com>

by n3td3v November 20, 2008 5:08 PM PST

"Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Defense has temporarily banned the
use of thumb drives, CDs, and other removable storage devices because
of the spread of the Agent.bzt virus..."

There is no security through obscurity.

http://news.cnet.com/8618-1009_3-10104496.html?communityId=2114&targetCommunityId=2114&blogId=83&messageId=5043948&tag=mncol;tback

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