Attackers actively exploit Windows bug that uses USB sticks to infect PCs

[Chiefcrowe]

http://arstechnica.com/security/201...indows-bug-that-uses-usb-sticks-to-infect-pcs

 

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The cool part of that article is the link they provide to this page

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/arch...ssue-exploited-via-a-malicious-usb-stick.aspx

MS added an event trigger that will log when an infected thrumbdrive attempts to use the patched .LNK vulnerability.

image of what the error would look like

Security aware people who can probably should be watching the logs whenever they attach a device to their PC in any case?

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