So you're implying that only Windows is currently vulnerable to attacks? Wow.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:04 PM, <abr...@peak.org> wrote: > Neither. I am talking about the next generation infection which > installs a VM under your OS. There has been talk of this for > a while, but so far as I know none yet exists. But installing > in the MBR is a critical element of any such VM infection. > -- > Allen Brown abrown at peak.org http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ > A bug is a test case you haven't written yet. --- Mark Pilgrim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy J. Wiley" <tjwi...@gmail.com> > To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <euglug@euglug.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:47:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Bot infection stored in MBR > > > Vulnerable to what? This particular infection or infections in general? > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:04 AM, < abr...@peak.org > wrote: > > > This seems like a small step away from booting into a virtual > machine. At that point all OSs are vulnerable, not just > Windoze. > > -- > Allen Brown abrown at peak.org http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ > Plug-and-Play is really nice, unfortunately it only works 50% of the > time. To be specific the "Plug" almost always works. ---unknown source > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr O" < notanathe...@yahoo.com > > To: abr...@peak.org , "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" < > euglug@euglug.org > > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:46:53 AM > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Bot infection stored in MBR > > Nothing new here. Move along. > > > --- On Thu, 6/30/11, Allen Brown < abr...@peak.org > wrote: > > > From: Allen Brown < abr...@peak.org > > > Subject: [Eug-lug] Bot infection stored in MBR > > To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" < euglug@euglug.org > > > Date: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 10:34 AM > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13973805 > > -- > > Allen Brown abrown at peak.org http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ > > Is there another word for synonym? --- > > George Carlin > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >
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