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WCDT Strips 3076 to 3080 (24-30 October 2015)
Kugai:
Whether it's true what Claire said is true or not doesn't matter. Pintsize believes it's true thanks to Claires performance, and that's the important part.
Method of Madness:
(click to show/hide)Claire was bluffing after all!
hedgie:
--- Quote from: swapna on 29 Oct 2015, 18:02 ---One: I'm... confused about the state of network/computer security in QC-Verse. I mean - you can build an USB-Stick that might attempt (and succeed) to infect the OS of the system it's stuck into.
--- End quote ---
Windows autorun. Sony did the same with "audio" CDs (which didn't follow red book standards, but I digress) to put rootkits on vulnerable machines in order to "prevent piracy". Millions were infected, and no penalties came down. Hell, the exec ordered it probably got a huge bonus. If the QC-Verse is anything like the real world when it comes to computer security… Well, I can't think of one. Even those of us who run Linux or Mac have to qualify as someone who could be diagnosed with clinical paranoia to stay anything even approaching "safe".
bhtooefr:
Mind you, autorun isn't even needed for a specially crafted malicious USB drive. Note that Claire claimed to have to hit a button on it.
Plug drive in, it's a USB composite device that is both mass storage and HID. Hit the button, the HID endpoint sends LGUI+R, then sends the string "E:\payload.exe", then Enter. Or, for that matter, it could just send friggin' Enter once the AutoPlay dialog (which was specifically added because of things like Sony's rootkit) comes up.
Also, looks like Jeph's using a different font?
Squiddlywinx:
That was so sad.
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