USB flash drives masquerading as keyboards mean more BYOD security headaches

You should be already aware of the data theft risks that USB flash drives pose to your company – even a seemingly lowly 2GB drive can hold a lot of precious data – but a new threat has emerged which makes them even more dangerous.

Writing on the Webroot blog, security expert Dancho Danchev highlights the dangers facing corporations, both small and large, from low-cost USB flash drives that are capable of bypassing Microsoft’s AutoRun protection measures present on Windows 7 and Windows 8.