Overview#

USB Attack is a type of Social Engineering Attack where a USB thumb drive is provided in-person or via the mail which might say "Payroll" and a curious person insert into a computer that deploys Malicious SoftwareUSB Attack sometimes the Attacker just leaves the USB drive in a parking lot or lobby of a building.

USB Attack may use EFI or another hidden partition to persist beyond the formatting of a USB File System

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Social Engineering Attack
• Threat Model