There's nothing more innocuous-looking than a USB flash drive. But, as anyone with some basic cybersecurity knowledge knows, they can be one of the easiest ways to infect your devices. The Buffalo ...
What's old is new again, with researchers seeing a threefold increase in malware distributed through USB drives in the first half of 2023 A new report by Mandiant outlines how two USB-delivered ...
The USB port on your PC makes it easy to connect everything from keyboards and mice to storage devices and useful accessories. Most of these devices work right away without any setup, which is ...
Cybercriminals are constantly finding new ways to steal your data. As people become more aware of common threats like phishing links, fake websites, fraudulent emails and impersonation scams, ...
A recently discovered worm that researchers call LittleDrifter has been spreading over USB drives infecting systems in multiple countries as part of a campaign from the Gamaredon state-sponsored ...
The general rule of thumb is to not plug in USB drives you find on the ground, and beyond that, certainly don’t run anything on them as it could be malware. However, that rule is being skirted by some ...
Cybersecurity firm Mandiant recently discovered that a threat actor known as UNC4990 uses USB devices to inject malware payloads. Based on the investigation, it was found that they have been ...
For much of the cybersecurity industry, malware spread via USB drives represents the quaint hacker threat of the past decade—or the one before that. But a group of China-backed spies appears to have ...