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Holy Glitter Glue

2015-09-07 15:52:20.38671+00 by Dan Lyke 3 comments

RT Melissa[glory emoji] ‏@0xabad1dea

HOLY GLITTER GLUE, A HARD DRIVE WITH UNDOCUMENTED WIFI TELNET ACCESS http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903500 ht @kennwhite

Seagate wireless hard drives need a firmware update, because....

A remote unauthenticated attacker may access arbitrary files on the harddrive, or gain root access to the device.

[ related topics: Wireless virus ]

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#Comment Re: Holy Glitter Glue made: 2015-09-07 16:40:33.016706+00 by: markd

It's not really just a drive - it's a drive plus portable "cloud" access. So it's really more like a regular computer.

#Comment Re: Holy Glitter Glue made: 2015-09-07 19:01:14.583512+00 by: Dan Lyke

In fact, it's like a cloud computer... unlike a regular computer it makes your content accessible to the world by default.

#Comment Re: Holy Glitter Glue made: 2015-09-07 21:03:36.485185+00 by: markd

Think of it as saving tax dollars because the NSA doesn't have to work as hard.