So you found a USB stick, but wait, wait, wait!!! Do not plug in an unknown usb anything into your computer, laptop, phone, whatever! If you’re confused, watch the first year of Mr. Robot. Or, know that hackers put malware on these devices that WILL infect your machine. Be safe.
…unmarked USB flash drives containing harmful malware being dropped inside random people’s letterboxes in the Melbourne suburb of Pakenham.
It seems to one of the latest tactics of cyber criminals to target people by dropping malware-laden USB sticks into their mailboxes, in the hope unsuspecting users will plug the infected devices into their personal or home computers.
Source: Beware — Someone is dropping Malware-infected USB Sticks into People’s Letterbox