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| Author | Content |
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| arochester Jan 06, 2010 1:41 PM EDT |
This USB has .bat files. The link says "This hack works on Windows 2000, XP and Vista." Not really Linux. |
| pmpatrick Jan 06, 2010 2:34 PM EDT |
Seriously, why is this article here? It's basically a script kiddy hack of windows to get user passwords for email, IM , etc, when you have physical access to the hacked box. |
| number6x Jan 06, 2010 2:40 PM EDT |
It is here so you can show it to your windows using friends... We don't need FUD to promote Linux. The facts speak for themselves. Also some of the hacks involve Windows versions of popular open source software. Since they are open source someone should be able to develop a fix. |
| Microbiologist Jan 06, 2010 2:54 PM EDT |
I bet all those files are trojans. |
| jhansonxi Jan 06, 2010 3:14 PM EDT |
Probably not cross-platform trojans either. |
| tuxchick Jan 06, 2010 3:15 PM EDT |
Doggone it, when will malware writers adhere to standards, I'm tired of Linux being treated as second-class. |
| softwarejanitor Jan 06, 2010 3:47 PM EDT |
Unfortunately, the vulnerabilities in password storage for Firefox for example are probably cross platform... |
| Sander_Marechal Jan 06, 2010 3:51 PM EDT |
softwarejanitor: Only partly. On Linux you'd only get the passwords of the user that runs the malware. All other users are safe because their profiles are in their own home directory and thus not readable. |
| softwarejanitor Jan 06, 2010 4:46 PM EDT |
@Sander_Marechal That is true, and obviously an advantage of a *nix like environment over Windows... but it would be better if people didn't save their passwords in browsers and other unsafe practices to begin with... |
| Steven_Rosenber Jan 06, 2010 7:22 PM EDT |
Tinfoil hats !!! |
| Sander_Marechal Jan 07, 2010 3:14 AM EDT |
@softwarejanitor: Well, here's an idea. Develop a Firefox plugin that makes it store passwords in the standard Linux keyring instead of it's own store. |
| krisum Jan 07, 2010 11:36 AM EDT |
@sander, https://addons.mozilla.org/ca/firefox/addon/8737 |
| Sander_Marechal Jan 08, 2010 4:26 AM EDT |
Krisum: Great, thanks for that link! |
| hkwint Jan 08, 2010 5:15 PM EDT |
And for K: https://addons.mozilla.org/ca/firefox/addon/49357 |
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