Posted on 04/08/2019 5:00:39 PM PDT by edwinland
A US Secret Service agent inserted a USB drive infected with "malicious malware" into his laptop after the hardware was confiscated from a Chinese woman who was arrested late last month after attempting to gain entry to President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
Agent Samuel Ivanovich testified in court on Monday that he put the thumb drive into his own computer, and it began installing files in a "very out-of-the-ordinary" way. He quickly stopped his analysis of the drive, the Miami Herald reported.
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“Something doesnt sound right. Her cover story is TOO thin to be a rel spy.”
decoy.
Yep...there’s a reason we have IT folks and they have machines isolated from other machines to analyze such things...
Only a professional using a professionally set up machine with zero outside world comms including anything wireless like keyboards or mice, never mind WiFi or bluetooth, should be used to attempt such an investigation. The evidence is often self-destructive upon first access.
The problem is a lack of skills. The cyber security industry will fail to fulfill an estimated 250K positions this year. This leads to a situation where a beginning cyber security person can easily get $90 to $100 K. Compare that to GS-9 or even GS-11. The top end of the market would be about $150K for a multi-year experienced penetration tester or forensics investigator. Banks are paying $200 to $250 for executive / CISO level positions.
The problem is a lack of skills. The cyber security industry will fail to fulfill an estimated 250K positions this year. This leads to a situation where a beginning cyber security person can easily get $90 to $100 K. Compare that to GS-9 or even GS-11. The top end of the market would be about $150K for a multi-year experienced penetration tester or forensics investigator. Banks are paying $200 to $250 for executive / CISO level positions.
That assumes the device itself doesn't have any computational abilities. These days that simply is not a given.
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