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Dangerous USB Cable – Hacker Tool

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Some hackers are getting creative in getting into people’s system by leveraging USB cables that have a Wifi Card in them which hallway the hacker the ability to access remotely and be in your local system.  Once in the hacker can browse the network and servers at their leisure to capture any intellectual property without anyone knowing.  The only left over signature would be the local device the USB cable is plugged into.  It’s important to be mindful of the USB devices your are leveraging in your business community to ensure a better degree of security.  There are also system tools that can be installed on all systems to notify your local admin when a device of this nature is within the network.

 

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