Virus-ladened laptops aboard ISS - bit-tech.net Forums

Bindibadgi · 28th Aug 2008, 09:28

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/08...s-aboard-iss/1

Several laptops used by crew on the International Space Station for e-mail access and experiment monitoring are infected with a password-stealing worm.

proxess · 28th Aug 2008, 09:51

Haha I bet they're playing WoW or Eve up there!

Seraphim2150 · 28th Aug 2008, 10:14

Probably EVE i guess

Jordan Wise · 28th Aug 2008, 10:23

i'm intruiged to find out what the ping times would be like in orbit... i bet they're still better than mine when limewire's on

Bogomip · 28th Aug 2008, 10:39

clearly they are dl pr0n

Gunsmith · 28th Aug 2008, 12:27

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I say we take off and nuke the drive from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.

Glider · 28th Aug 2008, 12:29

What worries me is that they use Windows up there

Phil Rhodes · 28th Aug 2008, 14:09

Now see on a Windows machine, you'd hit the "Life Support" tab to control, well, life support.

On Linux the relevant settings would be in /etc/what/the/hell/thingy/lifesupport in an undocumented format.

Personally, I'd rather suckle at the Microsoft teat than suffocate while arguing about which distro I'm using on IRC

liratheal · 28th Aug 2008, 14:43

I read this on another news site, apparently the data that goes between the ISS and the ground is filtered/scanned/whatevered on the ground anyway.

I can't imagine they give a huge toss to be honest :B

dr-strangelove · 28th Aug 2008, 15:06

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Originally Posted by liratheal

I read this on another news site, apparently the data that goes between the ISS and the ground is filtered/scanned/whatevered on the ground anyway.

That means Heuston already has their WoW account details

Glider · 28th Aug 2008, 15:35

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Originally Posted by Phil Rhodes

ranting...

If you don't know what you are talking about, STFU

PS: you should learn the difference between humor and serieus stuff, smilies serve a purpose...

Phil Rhodes · 28th Aug 2008, 15:48

I see Glider and the Department of Applied Mediocrity is in full force here once more!

What say we start a game of Bait the Geek?

Glider · 28th Aug 2008, 15:51

Don't worry dude, the likes like you just added a drop more in the bucket... Patience is all you need to have, just for a few days, I'm almost gone...

supermonkey · 28th Aug 2008, 19:12

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Originally Posted by liratheal

I read this on another news site, apparently the data that goes between the ISS and the ground is filtered/scanned/whatevered on the ground anyway.

Oh yes. Very much so. It wouldn't be very good for critical systems to get infected with bugs.

An interesting fact that not many people realize: the crew does not have internet access. As long as the communications signal is good they can get e-mail, and the laptops are networked to the ground to enable file sharing, but access to the web does not exist on the ISS.

-monkey

LordPyrinc · 28th Aug 2008, 23:59

I imagine that the laptops could have contracted the virus when they were still on terra firma while being prepped for launch into space. Or, heaven forbid, one of the astronauts had a usb flash drive on them that was infected and then they plugged it into the laptops.

leexgx · 29th Aug 2008, 04:56

most virus scanners no longer protect you from problems like these as thay change to offen, 99% of the time its there fault thay ran the virus in the first place (oo whats the exe file lets run it)

28th Aug 2008, 09:28	#1
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28th Aug 2008, 14:09	#8
Phil Rhodes Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 574	Now see on a Windows machine, you'd hit the "Life Support" tab to control, well, life support. On Linux the relevant settings would be in /etc/what/the/hell/thingy/lifesupport in an undocumented format. Personally, I'd rather suckle at the Microsoft teat than suffocate while arguing about which distro I'm using on IRC

28th Aug 2008, 14:43	#9
liratheal Just got a great book on tape Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: High Wycombe, UK Posts: 3,552	I read this on another news site, apparently the data that goes between the ISS and the ground is filtered/scanned/whatevered on the ground anyway. I can't imagine they give a huge toss to be honest :B __________________ Gigabyte MA790FX, X4 9950 Black Edition, 8gb Geil Black Dragon, 2x4870 512mb, Antec TruePower Quattro 850w I game, Do you?

28th Aug 2008, 15:48	#12
Phil Rhodes Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 574	I see Glider and the Department of Applied Mediocrity is in full force here once more! What say we start a game of Bait the Geek?

28th Aug 2008, 15:51	#13
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28th Aug 2008, 23:59	#15
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