From: "Taiidan@gmx.com" <Taiidan@gmx.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes.
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 09:07:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <36c58c03-fc6d-713b-f3dd-ad0f32c829da@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1836dfed-0545-cdda-e9af-d12f143a6559@gmail.com>
You can forward your USB controllers to a VM
OR
Disable them in the BIOS
It is very easy to re-write a USB drive firmware via another virus on a
poorly secured different computer so this doesn't really need physical
access not that it would be difficult to simply have someone cause a
scene and then have someone else walk by and insert a drive in to your
laptop for a few seconds while you were distracted if you were a high
profile target (politician, ceo, lawyer etc)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-11-09 14:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-08 5:08 [gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes Dale
2017-11-08 5:48 ` Adam Carter
2017-11-08 5:49 ` R0b0t1
2017-11-08 15:40 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2017-11-08 5:53 ` [gentoo-user] " J. Roeleveld
2017-11-08 19:35 ` [gentoo-user] " Ian Zimmerman
2017-11-09 6:10 ` J. Roeleveld
2017-11-08 6:02 ` [gentoo-user] " Dale
2017-11-08 6:10 ` R0b0t1
2017-11-08 6:48 ` R0b0t1
2017-11-08 7:24 ` Dale
2017-11-09 14:07 ` Taiidan [this message]
2017-11-08 15:23 ` Martin DiViaio
2017-11-08 21:02 ` Alan McKinnon
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