Re: [OM] More on: Why the Security of USB Is Fundamentally Broken

[Chuck Norcutt]

A perfect, high volume infection vector.  People will walk up with their 
flash cards or USB sticks where they are fully expected to insert them 
into the equipment.  They will walk away with an infected USB device and 
insert it into their home equipment to infect that.  :-(
Chuck Norcutt


On 10/9/2014 5:12 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> Serve yourself terminals in the photo department of Walmart/ASDA and so
> forth could be fertile ground!
>
> Piers
>
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> Chuck Norcutt
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> Very interesting.  I hadn't considered exposed USB ports on publicly
> accessible equipment.  I'm sure there are many more such things that the bad
> guys will think of before we do.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> On 10/8/2014 10:35 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> > Actually, it's already too late. I'm familiar with a security breach
> > in the past two weeks that used this code hack. It involved a POS
> > machine with an exposed USB port. Alive and well, my friends. Alive and
> well.
> >
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