Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
If you've heard cybersecurity terms but you've been avoiding the topic, this microlearning course will help you get started. We're adding fast lessons, quizzes, and more to this course here: socratica.com/courses/cybersecurity
Today's Cybersecurity Lesson: Don't plug in random thumb drives
Picture this: you find a thumb drive in a parking lot, and it says SPACEX on it. You’re dying of curiosity. It might contain the plans for the first city on Mars!
Don’t. Don’t do it. Just walk away!
NEVER plug in a USB flash drive that you find out in the wild. You don’t know what could be on it! Malware from a hacker, or worse, a “USB Killer” that contains a capacitor that stores up a charge and then discharges it, killing your hardware.
But what about those lovely free thumbdrives you’re getting in swag bags at conferences?
Forget it. They’re not worth it. Instead, buy yourself a nice clean SSD drive.
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José Juan Francisco Castillo Rivera, KW, M Andrews, Robert Fulbright, Marcos Silveira, Christopher Kemsley, Eric Eccleston, Jeremy Shimanek, Michael Shebanow, Alvin Khaled, Kevin B, John Krawiec, Umar Khan, MdeG, and Tracy Karin Prell!
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#Socratica #Cybersecurity #Thumbdrives
If you've heard cybersecurity terms but you've been avoiding the topic, this microlearning course will help you get started. We're adding fast lessons, quizzes, and more to this course here: socratica.com/courses/cybersecurity
Today's Cybersecurity Lesson: Don't plug in random thumb drives
Picture this: you find a thumb drive in a parking lot, and it says SPACEX on it. You’re dying of curiosity. It might contain the plans for the first city on Mars!
Don’t. Don’t do it. Just walk away!
NEVER plug in a USB flash drive that you find out in the wild. You don’t know what could be on it! Malware from a hacker, or worse, a “USB Killer” that contains a capacitor that stores up a charge and then discharges it, killing your hardware.
But what about those lovely free thumbdrives you’re getting in swag bags at conferences?
Forget it. They’re not worth it. Instead, buy yourself a nice clean SSD drive.
Subscribe for more bite-sized Cybersecurity lessons from Socratica:
bit.ly/SocraticaSubscribe
This new series is made possible by our Patrons on Patreon! We'd like to recognize our VIP Patrons and send them our sincere thanks!
José Juan Francisco Castillo Rivera, KW, M Andrews, Robert Fulbright, Marcos Silveira, Christopher Kemsley, Eric Eccleston, Jeremy Shimanek, Michael Shebanow, Alvin Khaled, Kevin B, John Krawiec, Umar Khan, MdeG, and Tracy Karin Prell!
Support Socratica on Patreon:
patreon.com/socratica
#Socratica #Cybersecurity #Thumbdrives
