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Offline polonus

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USB dump makes an image of USB stick
« on: August 26, 2006, 08:55:01 PM »
Hi malware fighters,

It has become dangerous to use an USB stick on a unknown hostmachine, a French hacker made a tool that copies all files from a pen drive, and even with seperal tools to recover the info that has been erased from it. Read here:
http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-file-system/

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