Dropped infected USB in the company parking lot as a way of getting malware onto the company network

By Cory Doctorow at 4:00 pm Tuesday, Jul 10

Workers at the Dutch offices of DSM, a chemical company, report finding USB sticks in the company parking lot, which appeared to have been lost. However, when the company's IT department examined the sticks, they discovered that they were loaded with malware set to auto run in company computers, which would harvest employee login credentials. It appears that criminal dropped the keys in the hopes of tricking a employees into getting them into the company network.