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State Govts. Warned of Malware-Laden CD Sent Via Snail Mail from China
Here's a timely reminder that email isn't the only vector for phishing attacks: Several U.S. state and local government agencies have reported receiving strange letters via snail mail that include malware-laden compact discs (CDs) apparently sent from China, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
This particular ruse, while crude and simplistic, preys on the curiosity of recipients who may be enticed into popping the CD into a computer. According to a non-public alert shared with state and local government agencies by the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), the scam arrives in a Chinese postmarked envelope and includes a "confusingly worded typed letter with occasional Chinese characters."
Please insert in election computer.
Also at TechCrunch and Engadget.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday July 31 2018, @02:45PM (4 children)
Even the malware is cheaper from China.
Also, a nod to the old venerable Albanian virus [imgur.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday July 31 2018, @03:29PM (3 children)
Also malware from China is more likely to work correctly. Unlike the NSA accidentally creating the great Syrian internet outage of 2012 due to defective malware that was kindly added to Syrian routers at no charge.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @03:41PM (2 children)
Quit defending China. It makes you look like an ignorant imbecile.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:41PM (1 child)
I don't think I was "defending" them. Just making a joke. But one can be an ignorant imbecile without defending China.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by Nuke on Tuesday July 31 2018, @08:42PM
I think he was too.