![]() |
RE: New Flash Drive Threat, No Cure? - Printable Version +- Linux Lite Forums (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums) +-- Forum: Hardware - Support (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=6) +--- Forum: Hard Drives and SSDs (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=26) +--- Thread: RE: New Flash Drive Threat, No Cure? (/showthread.php?tid=703) |
RE: New Flash Drive Threat, No Cure? - mannshands - 08-08-2014 Hi, I see Ask Bob Rankin has sent out an alert. There is a new USB threat involving Flash drives having infected firmware that can not be scanned for! They are suggesting you toss any Flash drives that have ever been plugged into a public computer! What is this gonna do to the Live Distro on a stick and portable programs market? http://askbobrankin.com/alert_serious_security_flaw_in_usb_drives.html?awt_l=OLYwA&awt_m=Ijhg0UHn7uP6SL Do Linux users need to be concerned? Thanks mannshands Re: RE: New Flash Drive Threat, No Cure? - gold_finger - 08-09-2014 (08-08-2014, 03:25 PM)mannshands link Wrote:Do Linux users need to be concerned? I would imagine this is bad no matter what OS is being used. Here is more info about it: http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=229256 Re: RE: New Flash Drive Threat, No Cure? - rokytnji - 08-09-2014 I dunno http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/07/2037223/two-thirds-of-lost-usb-drives-carry-malware Story has been around since 2011. It has not effected me yet. Not much on Tech Dirt site either. Quote:Someone named Nicholas Krause is all over the Linux kernel mailing lists. Theodore Ts’o of ext4 fame today posted a “A public service announcement regarding wanna-be kernel developer Nick Krause.” Might scare me more. But they have him under control also. |