Oh, For Fucking Christ Sake: Mustang Panda’s At It Again

Right, listen up. Because apparently some people *still* need to be told this shit. The APT group Mustang Panda – yeah, the ones who clearly have nothing better to do with their lives – are now slinging a USB worm called SnakeDisk at targets in Thailand. It’s not even clever. They’re using it to drop Yokai, which is a backdoor. A backdoor. Groundbreaking stuff.

The whole thing starts with a compromised system, then spreads via USB drives like some kind of digital plague. It looks for specific files (like .docx and .xlsx – seriously?!) and copies itself onto them. Then, when someone plugs in the infected drive… you guessed it, more infection. They’re targeting IP addresses, specifically in Thailand, so if you’re there, *be careful*.

The article says they’ve been active since at least February 2024, and are still going strong as of September 2025. Like a bad rash that won’t go away. The whole operation is pretty basic stuff, but people fall for it anyway because, apparently, common sense is optional these days.

Honestly, I’m starting to think the problem isn’t the malware, it’s the users. Just… don’t plug in random USB drives. Is that really so hard?

And of course, they’re using legitimate tools to blend in. Because subtlety is key when you’re a nation-state actor trying to steal data.

Read the full, painfully detailed report here (if you insist).

Speaking of USB drives… I once had a sysadmin who insisted on using his personal drive to transfer backups between servers. I told him it was a security risk. He laughed. Two weeks later, we were rebuilding half the network after he brought in something nasty from a gaming convention. Some people just *want* to get hacked, I swear.

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