• IronKey rolls out secure online banking USB drive

  By Jeremy Kirk | 27 April, 2010 06:52

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

• Corsair releases its fastest USB flash drives yet

  By Lucas Mearian | 03 March, 2010 10:08

  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.

• Secure USB Drives Not So Secure

  By Joan Goodchild | 07 January, 2010 06:16

  Several hardware-encrypted USB memory sticks are now part of a worldwide recall and require security updates because they contain a flaw which could allow hackers to easily gain access to the sensitive information contained on the device.

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.