Military ban against USB drives partially lifted 

Military ban against USB drives partially lifted

USB drives may now be used on military networks.
Flaw could allow attacker to decrypt protected USB drives  

Flaw could allow attacker to decrypt protected USB drives

Affects certain Kingston, SanDisk and Verbatim flash drives.
Missile plans, banking details and health records found on old hard drives 

Missile plans, banking details and health records found on old hard drives

Information for missile defence, banking details and NHS records have been found on old hard drives.
Companies still failing to encrypt hardware 

Companies still failing to encrypt hardware

Ninety per cent of laptop drives that are sent for data retrieval are not encrypted, according to a new survey.
US military bans USB thumb drives 

US military bans USB thumb drives

The U.S. Department of Defense has banned USB drives and other removable media after a worm hit military networks.
Seagate warns of infected drives 

Seagate warns of infected drives

Seagate is warning users to scan their systems for malware after a password-stealing Trojan was found on some of its hard drives.
Critical data found on second-hand hard drives 

Critical data found on second-hand hard drives

Organizations and individuals are still leaving critical data on disks later sold on through online auctions and computer fairs, according to a new study.
Spam drives author to pen poetry 

Spam drives author to pen poetry

An American poet has discovered a new use for spam – spam poetry.
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