'Dead Drops' Hidden USB Sticks Around the World
We received this article from Joe an ISC contributor about USB sticks hidden in various places around the world such as walls, padlocks, etc. where anyone can connect to them using a laptop. The article indicates that for the moment the only thing on it is "[...] a readme.txt file explaining how the project works." [2] However, I think I would be a bit paranoid not knowing if something "darker" might be loaded on these USB sticks placed in public places. I can think of a key logger collecting and reporting your data, banking Trojan, tracking software, etc.
My question is, have you seen some of these USB sticks and would you access such a device if you see one?
[1] https://deaddrops.com/
[2] http://boredomtherapy.com/hidden-usb-treasure-hunt/
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Guy Bruneau IPSS Inc. gbruneau at isc dot sans dot edu
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Anonymous
Apr 6th 2015
9 years ago
Anonymous
Apr 6th 2015
9 years ago
Anonymous
Apr 7th 2015
9 years ago
Anonymous
Apr 7th 2015
9 years ago
I have a “spoof” program that once combined with a batch file and is executed via USB drive or Optical access, the machine would reboot and give the illusion that the existing OS (XP @ the time) was being over-written over by Windows 7 & they were unable to stop it, even if they tried to pull the media, it was too late. Another nice feature, no AV tagged it as bad, since it had a legit install Windows routine.
Yes, the program was totally benign; you let it go through the process, got a fake Windows 7 desktop and looked like the OS was updated. All one had to do, remove the media, hard boot and back to XP.
Sadly in today’s world it takes shock value for users to understand their actions. Each user was logged and the President addressed each of them. They were not written up but they learned a valuable lesson, so much even if vendors came in, nobody would load their USB stick in the PC’s without calling first.
Again, drastic, depends on what side of the fence you are on.
Anonymous
Apr 7th 2015
9 years ago
Anonymous
Apr 7th 2015
9 years ago