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And why not read the media?And why not read the media?Posted Nov 16, 2006 16:59 UTC (Thu) by ghelmling (guest, #4140)In reply to: And why not read the media? by eru Parent article: November: the month of kernel bugs
There was also the recent case of iPods infected with Windows virii by the manufacturer.
If you can compromise the point of origin for consumer devices, then you do have a potentially very large distribution network.
Of course, it would still probably be far more profitable to focus on Windows exploits than Linux exploits, given the relative size of the target audience, but the same principle applies. I agree that not being able to safely mount media is a serious problem.
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And why not read the media? Posted Nov 16, 2006 20:08 UTC (Thu) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link] Apologies in advance for my anal retentivity.
The word is viruses.
And why not read the media? Posted Nov 29, 2006 13:57 UTC (Wed) by rwmj (guest, #5474) [Link] Actually if the iPods were infected deliberately by a program that required the user to run, or ran automatically with an "autorun" mechanism, then the word would be 'trojan' or possibly 'worm' ...
Rich.
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