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Is There A Technical Term For This Security Risk?


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I'm creating a document of security risk for newbies and I haven't been able to locate a term for this.

Suppose some goes to an internet cafe and plugs in their USB flashdrive. Upon inserting it:

1) A malicious script intentionally placed on the computer immediately copies all contents of the drive to a local folder on the pc.

or

2) Someone working at the cafe notices the drive has been added and copies the contents of the drive, or a portion of the contents, to a local folder on the pc, or their pc. (Using defaults network shares, vnc, etc)

or

3) A trojan on the pc copies some or all file to the pc or a remote location.

What is the term for stealing files from removable media? I don't want to start using my own name for this act if an 'official' name already exists.

Thanks.

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Theft?

:o I was kinda hoping for something a little more specific and descriptive... Along the lines of trojans, keylogging, hijacker, logic bomb, macro virus, nuker, phishing, rootkit, worm, etc.

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