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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish32•15 days agoThe USB dongle is a legit concern. Never plug anything into your computer if you don’t know where it came from. Dropping compromised flash drives in places like parking garages is 100% a used tactic. It’s been used to gain access to government systems before.
minus-square@subtextlink8•14 days agoWasn’t this part of how the US took down the Iranian nuclear program?
minus-square@shalafilinkEnglish6•15 days agoTried the test at my last job, one week after my security talk. LOL, it took two days until someone picked it up off the floor and set it on the printer table. Surprised it didn’t come with a note, “Get bent Shalafi! We’re onto your games!”
The USB dongle is a legit concern. Never plug anything into your computer if you don’t know where it came from.
Dropping compromised flash drives in places like parking garages is 100% a used tactic. It’s been used to gain access to government systems before.
Wasn’t this part of how the US took down the Iranian nuclear program?
Yes. Stuxnet
Tried the test at my last job, one week after my security talk. LOL, it took two days until someone picked it up off the floor and set it on the printer table. Surprised it didn’t come with a note, “Get bent Shalafi! We’re onto your games!”