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"Hacked by an iPod
Posted Oct 21, 2004, 5:00 AM ET by Ryan Block
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Well, at least one person is going to be celebrating (but for all the wrong reasons, trust us) this interesting tidbit that’s passed through the pipes; a recently discovered security flaw in the Firewire (aka IEEE 1394, or iLink) spec, which we first saw pop up on VulnWatch, lets a connected device gain elevated access and/or control of any kind of computer without the perpetrator having to do anything more than plug in, say, an iPod (loaded with the appropriate software, of course) via Firewire. So yes, you too may soon find yourself |-|@><0R3|) by teh iPodz0r. It’s very unlikely that this will actually happen to you, to say the least, but if you ever wanted a reason to switch to USB..."

I guess this is one reason why computer connections should be developed by a consortia not on you own!!

Dave

What a ridiculous article. It hasn't even happened yet and actually applies to both Firewire and USB with any kind of storage device. This includes those Flash memory thumbdrives. They make it sound like it is specific to the iPod to get attention for themselves. It actually has nothing to do with the iPod other than the fact it is popular and well known among all the other Firewire and USB storage devices out there. Give me a break.

:thumbsdn:

Ahh yellow journalism. The headline reads: “iPods are security risk, warns analyst”, and the premise is that iPods pose a great potential (note, the article cites no reported cases as yet) risk to any enterprises looking to keep their networks clear of viruses and trojans. The “industry analysts” (we’re now using the term very loosely) at research firm Gartner reason it’s because iPods can “bypass perimeter defences like firewalls and antivirus at the mailserver”. Uh, so can any other kind of data medium, like say, floppies. Sounds like a bunch of consultants trying to literally scare up some business.

Actually I see it more of a risk as part of a bigger picture.....someone DL's a song from Kaaza etc which has a virus. He then uploads it to his iPod etc and then DL's it into someone else's machine, and on it goes by leaps and bounds.

How about the supposed wave of cell phone/PDA viruses that are coming? I've heard of a few already have happened but they either weren't too big a deal or got hushed up real quick. Screw internet access cell phones, everyone I've tried had the clunkiest browser interface I've ever seen, and I can't understand those wacky kids and all their text messenging.....TALK DAMMIT!

Anthony

They have to download that stuff from Apple and it costs and it's a proprietary format on at least the Apple based units I believe. At any rate, if it doesn't have a DRM (digital rights management) signature I don't believe it can even be played.

Kazaa is EVIL:yikes: You're supposed to tape it from the radio!

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"Hacked by an iPod
Posted Oct 21, 2004, 5:00 AM ET by Ryan Block

It's a damned hard drive and some buttons. The battery problem was enough to make me buy more D cells for the 1982 Sony boombox as it was :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

(These bananas should be slow dancing to a Steve Perry ballad but of course they are crazy bananas with no rhythm. We're going to kick them out of the auditorium as they are RUINING our prom)!