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(Just to take this slightly off-topic as the BBC ramps up its
anti-hacker story)
The another issue that the BBC constantly gets wrong (and the rest of
the media) is this whole 'hacker' business, it annoys me that fraudsters
can be around for centurie
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], British Ubuntu Talk
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>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] A small Bet, because Im fed up with not knowing.
>Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:42:32 +0100
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>Nik,
>
>On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 09:00 +0100, Nik Butler wrote:
>
> > demonstrate a
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 11:14:05AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Surely the only way to demonstrate it would be to knowingly infect
> your own machine? how stupid do you think I am I ain't about to do
> that!
>
qemu/vmware can provide you with a "safe" environment in which to practice.
"Safe"
On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 10:51 +0100, Nik Butler wrote:
> So . Hence my question.. how easy is it really to make a process from
> email to infection.
I suspect on Linux, the process would not start from e-mail, mainly
because of the lack of execute permission on e-mail attachments and the
extra st
oopsy, sent this a minute ago but bounced as I used the wrong email
address to send from.
> On 09/10/06, Nik Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I really want to know if any one has actually
> suffered from and can in some way demonstrate to me the following.
>
> demonstrate a working Linux Vir
Tony Arnold wrote:
> Nik,
> does not say all the attacks were viruses!
>
True
> I've seen plenty of Linux/Unix systems compromised. The vast majority
> have been compromised through weak passwords or user's password being
> discovered.
>
As for any system, though we can see our security explo
Nik,
On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 09:00 +0100, Nik Butler wrote:
> demonstrate a working Linux Virus that can
> infect their Ubuntu desktop account ( and other users of that same
> machine ) by being launched from a email attachment.
> it must infect the core system files.
> it must set u
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/5414892.stm
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On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 09:00:56AM +0100, Nik Butler wrote:
> So the BBC have yet again trotted out the same tired old news article
[snip]
What news article are you talking about?
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So the BBC have yet again trotted out the same tired old news article
about safe surfing. As usual they dont suggest trying a different
opertating system ( well they disparage it as well ! ) but they never
really seem to investigate this new story in any depth. Now I know that
we talk about it
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