Recently I have seen more MBR infections. Probably more so in the last few
months than the last several years. Not common although I saw a security
comment about a newer botnet totaling over 4 million PCs.
While Linux is prone to rootkits I've heard very little about MBR infections on
Linux. I
Hey now, OS X has their share of malware. My favorite was the recent one where
they changed the name to bypass the patch. Personally I think one of the
biggest security threats is the end user. Anytime something is point and click
to run you're hosed! ((insert nparker comment about Slackware her
I was implying no such thing. The current infection targeted Windoze
only. So windoze is the only OS currently vulnerable to *this*
specific attack.
My impression of Mr O's response was that the MBR attack was
irrelevant to us. (That impression may have been incorrect.)
I was merely saying that
How malware is categorized on different platforms is an interesting
social phenomenon.
On windows, it's a virus even if it coaxes a user into downloading and
clicking a dialogue box to ok it's installation.
On Linux or Mac it would be considered a trojan... and your own damn
fault if you allowed
Thank you.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Ben Barrett wrote:
> I'm afraid that statement is simply not true, Ed!
> Malware developers work on MANY platforms, ranging from handheld devices to
> power-plant-control systems.
> Windows may still be the primary target platform, but *certainly* not
Here is an example:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/27/mission_impossible_mouse_attack/
>>> Ben Barrett 6/30/2011 04:21 PM >>>
I'm afraid that statement is simply not true, Ed!
Malware developers work on MANY platforms, ranging from handheld devices to
power-plant-control systems.
Wind
I'm afraid that statement is simply not true, Ed!
Malware developers work on MANY platforms, ranging from handheld devices to
power-plant-control systems.
Windows may still be the primary target platform, but *certainly* not the
only one!!
There exists malware for Linux, and for OS X, etc. Malware
Well, Windows is the only platform malware authors develop for. When
they get around to Linux we'll know Linux has arrived. I have never
seen malware, myself, but I've been using non-Windows PCs since 1997.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 13:28, Timothy J. Wiley wrote:
> So you're implying that only Wind
So you're implying that only Windows is currently vulnerable to attacks?
Wow.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:04 PM, 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
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.
Well then, tonights goal will be to assemble a linux box, install Virtualbox,
install XP, try like heck to get infected outside of the VM. Could even go so
far as to install Windows on Windows to try!
--- On Thu, 6/30/11, Timothy J. Wiley wrote:
From: Timothy J. Wiley
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] B
Vulnerable to what? This particular infection or infections in general?
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:04 AM, 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://b
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 specifi
Nothing new here. Move along.
--- On Thu, 6/30/11, Allen Brown wrote:
> From: Allen Brown
> Subject: [Eug-lug] Bot infection stored in MBR
> To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group"
> Date: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 10:34 AM
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13973805
> --
> Allen Brown
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
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