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Understanding a malwares ultimate objective helps rate its risk level, explained Helming.

Or, the compromised devices could be used for mining cryptocurrency.

In both cases, there wouldnt be an immediate threat of data loss to the infected devices.

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USBs are dangerous and should not be allowed, stressedDr.

Magda Chelly, Chief Information Security Officer, atResponsible Cyber.

They provide a way for malware to easily spread from one computer to another.

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Kumar Saurabh, CEO and co-founder ofLogicHub, agreed.