[Noisebridge-discuss] usb 'dead drops' at noisebridge?

[Mitch Altman]

> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] usb 'dead drops' at noisebridge?
> From: karen at srl.org
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:42:40 -0700
> CC: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> To: maltman23 at hotmail.com
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> > One (perhaps) interesting side-note: 
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> > I plugged a USB drive into a computer at a hotel in Brussels a few weeks ago. The computer was running Ubuntu. The next time I plugged the USB drive into my computer I noticed that the "autorun.inf" file was altered, and had some EXE file added to its root directory, ready to be executed. Seems that people (if one could be so kind as to call them that) are writing software for Linux that is intended to install itself on USB drives that they assume will eventually be plugged into Windows machines.
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> > Mitch.
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> Stuxnet virus? Actually if you or anyone you know wants to talk to this friend of friend journalist, they're trying to write an article on it for vanity fair. they're doing their research and want to go beyond the conspiracy theories... 

 
I'm pretty much always willing to talk to media.  But I'm not sure I understand what their story is about.  I'm not an expert on viruses, trojans, etc. -- so, if the story is about that, then other NB people would be better suited.  But, general overview, or whatever, I'm happy to talk to your friend's journalist friend.
 
Mitch.
  		 	   		  
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