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Social Engineering Using USB Drives
Iphtashu Fitz writes "What's the easiest way to hack into the computer systems of a credit union? It turns out that all you need to do is copy a virus/trojan onto USB drives and scatter them around the front door of the credit union. This was how a recent security audit was performed at a credit union where the employees had actually been tipped off to the audit. Security experts collected 20 old USB thumb drives and filled them with images and other data along with a trojan that would collect sensitive information and e-mail it back to them. Early one morning they planted the thumb drives around the entrances to the credit union as well as other public places where the employees were known to congregate. In very little time 15 of the 20 USB drives were plugged into company computer systems and started e-mailing usernames, passwords, etc. back to the auditors."
I better unplug that USB drive I found this morning.
I would've put autoplay Goatse on them, personally.
"Why?"
"IT says we got dongled, whatevthefuckthatmeans."
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Speaking of paranoia, someone left a disc labeled "THE TRUTH" on my car the other day. I wonder what I did with it? Oh yeah. I tossed it. If some wanker wants to tell me "THE TRUTH" then they can do it the old fashioned way, with pamphlets.
I find it a little odd that mine was the only car in the parking lot with such a CD on it. Maybe I shoul@(*$)*@#%^Y@Ba;skONBIAEOSNA NO CARRIER
SRSLY.