Editing Optical disc (section)

=== Security ===
As the media itself only is accessed through a laser beam and has no internal control circuitry, it cannot contain malicious hardware in the same way as so-called ''rubber-duckies'' or ''[[USB killer]]s''. Like any data storage media, optical discs can contain malicious ''data,'' they are able to contain and spread [[malware]] - as happened in the case of the [[Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal]] in 2005 where Sony misused discs by pre-loading them with malware.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside the Spyware Scandal |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2006/05/01/229261/inside-the-spyware-scandal/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en}}</ref>

Many types of optical discs are factory-pressed or finalized [[write once read many]] storage devices and would therefore not be effective at spreading [[Computer worm|computer worms]] that are designed to spread by copying themselves onto optical media, because data on those discs can not be modified once pressed or written. However, re-writable disc technologies (such as [[CD-RW]]) ''are'' able to spread this type of malware.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-16 |title=Autorun worm definition – Glossary {{!}} NordVPN |url=https://nordvpn.com/cybersecurity/glossary/autorun-worm/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=nordvpn.com |language=en}}</ref>