Hell, there was a time dropping USB sticks in a parking lot would get systems like this infected. That might be how Stuxnet got into the Iranian centrifuges.
The basic flow of the attack is, first, infecting an Internet-connected device through a means ESET and Kaspersky have been unable to determine. Next, the infected computer infects any external drives that get inserted. When the infected drive is plugged into an air-gapped system, it collects and stores data of interest. Last, when the drive is inserted into the Internet-connected device, the data is transferred to an attacker-controlled server.
Guys, storage devices move data from one machine to another. /pikachuface
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We had air gapped systems (we didn’t have internet) in the 90s and they still got viruses(from floppy disks). I don’t understand what is new?
Hell, there was a time dropping USB sticks in a parking lot would get systems like this infected. That might be how Stuxnet got into the Iranian centrifuges.
Was a time?
It’s absolutely still a thing. Just label it “VP Qrtly”.
“Vascular… penus… quart of lye? I gotta see what’s on this”
Guys, storage devices move data from one machine to another. /pikachuface
Compromised air-gapped systems with http server and GoogleDrive?
Saywhat?