Hackers Have Sent Malware USB Sticks to Companies Disguised as Gifts

Hackers Have Been Sending Malware-Filled USB Sticks to U.S. Companies Disguised as Presents

Using friendly-looking USB sticks as a vector for malware distribution is a trick as old as the internet itself and, apparently, it’s still quite popular with the criminals.mail to send malware-laden USB drives to companies in the defense, transportation and insurance industries, in the hopes that employees will be gullible enough to stick them into their computers,reports.

The hacker group behind this bad behavior—a group called FIN7—has gone to great lengths to make their parcels appear innocuous, according to the FBI. In some cases, packages were dressed up as if they were sent by the US Department of Health and Human Services, with notes explaining that the drives contained important information about-19 guidelines.

The culprit, FIN7, is a notably sophisticated cybercriminal group that, throughout its career, is reported to have

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