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In 2008 an infected flash drive was plugged into a US military laptop in the Middle East and established "a digital beachhead" for a foreign intelligence agency. The United States government, too, has fallen victim to flash drive attacks. Set up a call with us and we'll help identify an approach that makes sense for your unique needs. When it comes to your organization's security, active prevention is the best strategy. The virus targeted industrial control systems made by Siemens, compromised the system's logic controllers, spied on the targeted systems, and provided false feedback to make detection even more difficult, and it all began with a USB stick infection. USB attacks might sound like they'd be limited to personal devices, but the implications can in fact be much bigger.Ī particularly well-known example of a USB drop attack is Stuxnet, a computer worm that infected software at industrial sites in Iran, including a uranium-enrichment plant. These advanced cyber attacks can compromise a network in secret and provide an element of surprise.

It's known as a Zero Day attack because the hacker has acted before the developer has a chance to act to fix the vulnerability. The most advanced attack by USB exploits a hole in computer software the vendor doesn't know about until the attack is discovered. (We teach students a similar method in our Red Team Training!) When plugged into a computer, it injects keystrokes to command the computer to give a hacker remote access to the victim's computer.

HID (Human Interface Device) spoofing - In a more sophisticated attack, the device looks like a USB stick but in fact will trick the computer into thinking a keyboard is attached.

Social engineering - The file takes the thumb drive user to a phishing site, which tricks them into handing over their login credentials.

This unleashes a malicious code that automatically activates upon viewing and can download further malware from the Internet.

Malicious code - In the most basic of USB drop attacks, the user clicks on one of the files on the drive.

A Good Samaritan hoping to return the drive or a penny pincher hoping to pocket a new device for free inserts the "found" drive into his or her computer's USB port. In a Universal Serial Bus (USB) drop attack, cyber criminals leave USB devices for people to find and plug into their computers. Unfortunately, they're also loved by cyber criminals, who can use thumb drives to attack your computer. Whether a generic metallic memory stick, a branded giveaway at an event, or cleverly disguised as Yoda or some other pop culture icon, these devices are universally embraced as an easy way to transfer data.

Thumb drives are used pretty much everywhere nowadays.