USB flash Drive by TEL0000, Wikimedia CommonsHow often do you scan your USB flash memory sticks for malware and viruses?

A little post we found on a supplier's blog reminded us just how ubiquitous USB sticks have become - the equivalent of the old fashioned 'sneaker-net' in the days before networks when we used to copy things onto floppy disk and walk it across the office.

"For years, people have used USB sticks to back up their files on an external device. Through doing this they have felt that their files were safe and secure, but they were wrong. Unknowingly they have been exposing their companies to a potential security disaster."

Given that the virus that hit the Iranian nuclear programme was allegedly propagated via USB stick, this is not a problem to be ignored. Read more of this post