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Warshipping: The latest trick in the bad actor's playbook

38 min • 1 augusti 2022

Warshipping is yet another way hackers are taking advantage of how the pandemic has changed the workplace. Did you know you could be hacked by UPS, Fedex, or the postal service? Warshipping is shipping a self-powered device in a package so that it arrives at your office and is left unattended. (It's sent to someone working from home.) The device then sits there, sniffing the wifi, and eventually cracking your WiFi network and attempting to steal secrets. This isn't science fiction; it's reality. It's enabled by so much remote work, and by technology such as the Raspberry Pi. Read all about it in this article in DarkReading.com: https://www.darkreading.com/edge-articles/i-built-a-cheap-warshipping-device-in-just-three-hours-and-so-can-you

In this episode, Prasanna and Curtis discuss what this is, how it works, and what you need to do to stop this new attack vector.

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