• IronKey rolls out secure online banking USB drive

  IronKey rolled out its Trusted Access for Banking USB drive on Monday.

• Corsair releases its fastest USB flash drives yet

  Corsair has announced a new family of USB flash drives that the company said approach the maximum performance available from the USB 2.0 interface, which offers 480Mbit/sec throughput.

• ABS flags iPhones, USB keys as a security threats

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has acknowledged that USB keys and mobile devices such as iPhones are introducing security threats into its internal IT environment. In tender documents, the ABS said that while it deployed intrusion detection/prevention systems in the gateway environment to meet Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) requirements for an external facing government network, its internal environment remains vulnerable.

Whitepapers about USB key

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  Lost USB keys have 66% chance of malware

  Sophos studied 50 USB keys bought at RailCorp's 2011 Lost Property auction in Sydney. The study revealed that two-thirds were infected by malware, and quickly uncovered information about many of the former owners of the devices, their family, friends and colleagues. Disturbingly, none of the owners had used any sort of encryption to secure their files against unauthorised snoopers.