Military's ban of USB thumb drives highlights security risks

"The U.S. Department of Defense has banned USB drives and other removable media devices after a worm infiltrated Army networks.

'All units are not allowed to use any USB mass storage devices, which includes everything from hard drives to cameras to some printers,' an Army lieutenant told SCMagazineUS.com in an email on Thursday.

Wired, citing internal U.S. Army emails, first reported the story, reporting that a variation of the worm 'W32.SillyFDC' was targeting thumb drives and other removable media and spreading through military networks. To stop the infection, the removable storage devices were prohibited on all military networks, including classified one, Wired said." Read more...