On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 01:52:41PM -0500, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > > USB is a peer to peer protocol; it requires substantial computing > > power on both ends of the connection. I'm just waiting for the first > > virus which targets common USB drives; it would rip through colleges > > and workplaces like wildfire. > > And then, literally minutes later, this crosses my desk: > > ===== > > "Hackers debut malware loaded USB ruse"
... > ... Moral of the story: be very careful where you go plugging your > USB tokens into, recognize they are infection vectors and infection > targets, recognize they can be compromised, and act accordingly. Yes, that's something important to remember about any removable storage medium. But the two situations are not equivalent. Placing a trojan on a storage volume for someone to choose to run is not at all the same as breaking into the logic of a device controller to plant autonomous malware. What evidence do we have that USB controllers are reprogrammable once they leave the factory? -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Typically when a software vendor says that a product is "intuitive" he means the exact opposite.
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