FBI warns Silent Ransom Group still targeting US law firms with in-person USB drive attacks
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4d ago· 4 min readenNews
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Summary
The FBI warns that the Silent Ransom Group, a cyber extortion crew operating since 2022, continues to target US law firms. The criminals use callback phishing tactics and have escalated to physically entering office buildings, pretending to be IT staff, and convincing employees to let them plug in USB drives containing malware. The FBI's latest alert comes nearly a year after its previous warning about the same group.
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The group is still targeting US law firms and their staff, and the criminals are pretending to be company IT staff.
It also warned last year that the callback phishing specialists had started physically walking into the law firms.
Cybercriminals still allowed to walk into office blocks and convince staff to let them plug in their own thumb drives
