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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
IBM is urging customers to destroy flash drives it shipped to storage system customers because they contain malware.
The company warned in an advisory Tuesday that an unspecified number of USB flash drives shipped with the initialization tool for Storwize systems contain malicious code. IBM instructed customers who received the V3500, V3700 and V5000 Gen 1 systems to destroy the drive to prevent the code from replicating.
"When the initialization tool is launched from the USB flash drive, the tool copies itself to a temporary folder on the hard drive of the desktop or laptop during normal operation," IBM said in its advisory.
The malicious code is part of the Reconyc Trojan malware family, which typically targets computers in Russia and India, according to data from Kaspersky Lab.
IBM said that while the malware is copied onto the victim's device, the malicious code is not executed during initialization.
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(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Friday May 05 2017, @09:49PM (1 child)
That explains why some malware I have gotten recently implores you to act within a day.
I assumed it was just a pressure tactic. However, the very short time-frame strains what little credibility the phishing e-mail had.
For example: since when does the Post office require you to pick up a parcel within a day? Most of the time, you have to wait a day for the parcel to arrive in the regional depot.
(Score: 2) by nobu_the_bard on Monday May 08 2017, @01:34PM
That is precisely part of why they want you to act immediately, yes.
The other aspect is because any server they host content on will likely be taken down within a day of them abusing it; possibly within hours in some cases, unless they get lucky and it slips notice somehow.