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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @09:05PM (1 child)
I was handling CD ROMs around 1988, but I am surprised that a burner was only $400 in 1991. I think I paid $200 for my first one in 1998. How much would the hard drive array have cost to hold the CD ROM source data (assuming the image was built on the fly)? I don't think I remember blanks being offered in Computer Shopper then either.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday July 31 2018, @09:56PM
I'm going from memory on the pricing. It might have been much higher in 1991. I think I bought my first personal burner for $400 ish and it was probably more like 1996 or 97.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.