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Re:Don’t plug in that free Microsoft Office USB drive you go... by banana_giraffe on Saturday August 20, 2022 @12:15AM (#32529024)
I am curious what's on that USB stick. Is it a flash drive/HID thing like a rubber ducky that types something in to run a payload?

Or, just bad phrasing on the article?

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Re:Don’t plug in that free Microsoft Office USB drive you go... by iforgotpassword on Saturday August 20, 2022 @04:11AM (#32530264)
Autorun.inf plus some html file or simple app displaying a msgbox.
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Re:Don’t plug in that free Microsoft Office USB drive you go... by banana_giraffe on Saturday August 20, 2022 @01:57PM (#32533918)
I thought Autorun was no longer a thing since Vista or so.
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