The Security Mentor

Not long ago, someone with non-criminal intentions tried an experiment. They gave away free CDs in the London financial district. The CDs contained software that started automatically when the recipients put their CDs into their computers. The software phoned home to report that it had gotten run, but didn't do anything malicious.

Nick Lowe, an employee of CheckPoint, said at a trade show that criminals have now pulled a similar trick leaving USB nerdsticks around containing malicious software. The software stole online banking credentials.