Malware Infects Network Hard Drives

richard richardson • September 12, 2016 11:20 AM

I can’t remember where my old seagate went, it’s somewhere 🙂

I mostly use SSDs ever since they became affordable.

Seventy Percent Of Statistics Are Made Up • September 12, 2016 2:24 PM

The precision of the 77% statistic seems to be the interesting thing here. Are these drives effectively an always-online botnet that can be measured that accurately, that easily? I think I see a problem…

Tatütata • September 12, 2016 4:23 PM

I will generalize from five or six different brands of devices purchased over the last 15 years: all NAS are crap, both hardware and software-wise. 🙁

If you can retail a complete laptop beginning at 100-200$, what the hell is so difficult in packaging a functional microcontroller and a hard disk in a box and sell it at a fair price? Finding people with brains?

Clive Robinson • September 12, 2016 5:20 PM

@ Mike The Goat,

How’s the horn? Still tootaling along…

I trust things are well at your end?

Alex • September 12, 2016 8:08 PM

I guess I could blame myself for not hovering over the link and seeing one of the links was a PDF, but considering this is “security” site, perhaps a written warning would be a good idea.

AC • September 13, 2016 12:08 AM

Alex:

I guess I could blame myself for not hovering over the link and seeing one of the links was a PDF, but considering this is “security” site, perhaps a written warning would be a good idea.

Why do you think the URL text imposes any restriction on content at that URL? If you want a warning before opening PDFs, it is your responsibility to use a browser that provides it.

The alternative is for “security” sites to somehow know your, and everone else’s, preferences.

Alex • September 13, 2016 12:23 PM

“The alternative is for “security” sites to somehow know your, and everone else’s, preferences.”

@AC Yes… putting (PDF) next to the link is too much trouble.

AC • September 13, 2016 11:16 PM

Alex:

Indicating file type like that is from the days when nearly all users would need to select a specific action (e.g. “Save As”) rather than a normal click. It was for convenience; hopefully those days are long past, for most users.

However, you stated there are security reasons and that such text is a “warning”. What security implications did you have in mind?