Why USB Attacks Are Back And How To Prevent Them
Coro, Monday, March 18th, 2024
When we think about modern cyber threats, USB drives and keys are probably not the first things that come to mind. However, if one attack is successful, other malicious actors will follow along.
And this is why now, on top of AI attacks and elaborate phishing efforts, we are also seeing a renewed interest in attacks using USB drives.
As an example, during Maya Horowitz's recent keynote presentation at CPX 2024, she shared how USB devices had been recently used by major threat groups to successfully infect sensitive organizations.
According to her keynote, via DarkReading, USBs represented the main infection vector for three different major threat groups in 2023: China's Camaro Dragon; Russia's Gamaredon, and the threat actors behind Raspberry Robin.