Security News > 2023 > September > Check Point: Hackers Are Dropping USB Drives at Watering Holes

In its 2023 Mid-Year Cyber Security Report, Check Point Software spotlighted numerous exploits so far this year, including novel uses of artificial intelligence and an old-school attack vector: USB drives.

Check Point also reported that state-aligned threat actors are even launching 10-year-old infections such as ANDROMEDA via USB drives.

China-related espionage threat actor Camaro Dragon, for example, used USB drives as a vector to infect organizations all over the world, according to the report's authors.

Nicoletti, who has more than 30 years in the field, said AI is a game changer, and that out of Check Point Software's 70-plus engines, AI and machine learning drives 40 of them.

Pete Nicoletti: As a former penetration tester, I thought the days of USB drivers USB devices being used to hack were going to go away, but we've seen a big uptick in companies falling for a USB drive insertion.

Karl Greenberg: Hackers are physically leaving USB drives around?

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