I’ve been here both Tuesday and Wednesday and on both days, students have had items stolen here in the Library. In one case a laptop was stolen, in the other case, a musical instrument. In both cases, these students left their valuables unattended for only a few minutes. Not sure what we can do, but please warn students that if they have valuables, they need to keep them in sight at all times.
Tag: Security
Spotting a Keylogger in Public Access Computers
A couple of librarian blogs (see posts at the Swiss Army Librarian and Librarian.net) have recently pointed to this story about a library in England where a couple of USB devices were found plugged into public access computers. Those devices were keyloggers that were able to record every single keystroke. Unlike a USB memory drive that stands by itself in a USB port, these keylogger devices also had the keyboard plugged into them. I suppose we should keep an eye out for anything unusual we see plugged into computers.