<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
p.zn-bodyparagraph, li.zn-bodyparagraph, div.zn-bodyparagraph
{mso-style-name:zn-body__paragraph;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Be very cautious if you receive an unexpected USB drive in your mailbox or from UPS.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/fbi-usb-hackers-warning/index.html">https://cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/fbi-usb-hackers-warning/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=zn-bodyparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;background:#FEFEFE'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#262626'>A prolific Eastern European cybercriminal group has tried to hack US companies in the transportation, defense and insurance sectors by mailing those organizations malicious USB drives, the FBI warned US businesses this week in an advisory obtained by CNN.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FEFEFE'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#262626'>The unnamed companies received a series of fake letters via the US Postal Service and UPS from August to November impersonating the Department of Health and Human Services in some cases, and Amazon in others, according to the FBI.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FEFEFE'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#262626'>But instead of an actual Amazon gift card, or authorized guidance about <a href="https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/health/coronavirus-us-maps-and-cases/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#3061F3'>the coronavirus pandemic</span></a>, the letters came with a USB stick laced with malicious software. If inserted into a computer, the USB stick could have given the hacking group access to an organization's networks to deploy ransomware, the FBI said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=687 height=624 style='width:7.1562in;height:6.5in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D8087C.849788C0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>George Larson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chief Technical Officer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Eastern Oklahoma State College<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1301 W. Main St.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wilburton, OK. 74578<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:glarson@eosc.edu" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>glarson@eosc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>918.465.1710<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>