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Re:What are malicious USB keys and how to create a realistic... by s_kilk on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @02:57PM (#12695568)
A few years ago, a co-worker came back from a MongoDB event with a bag of swag, including a MongoDB branded USB drive.

When he plugged it in, it acted as a keyboard and managed to open the browser to a MongoDB promotional page.

Needless to say he freaked out a bit. Some marketing goons (not restricted to the people at MongoDB) seem to think this kind of thing is a great promotional tool.

Now that I think of it, my wife has a similar story about her University distributing this same kind of USB/botnet thing to students.

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Re:What are malicious USB keys and how to create a realistic... by ubernostrum on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @04:03PM (#12696013)
Who needs USB keys?

If you have Python (and preferably a handy virtualenv so you can throw it away afterward), do `pip install rickroll`.

It will do exactly what it sounds like it should do.

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