CQ Hacks #41: Driving Home Malware for Christmas

How to Avoid USB Attacks?

With the winter holidays almost upon us, receiving a sweater two sizes too small from Aunt Laura isn’t the only unwanted gift you have to worry about.

Plugging a USB drive into your computer could bring you a sackful of malware and even allow a threat actor to take control of your system.

While it might be tempting to pocket a flash drive that you find in a public place and take a look at what’s on it, doing so could make you a victim of a USB drop attack.

For insight into just how dangerous a malicious USB drive can be in the hands of a threat actor, watch my keylogging attack reconstruction for CQ Hacks. After seeing it, you’ll be double checking the bank details on every invoice you send out!