Re:FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware ...
by telephonetemp on Saturday September 14, 2013 @10:55AM
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> Germany's best-selling PC magazine
c't periodically distributes "Bankix"
on their CD.
>I believe that quite a few people actually use it.
That sounds like a great attack vector. How secure are factories where discs are pressed? Even without access to the factory you could buy a bunch of magazines and repackage them with compromised CDs.
Re:FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware ...
by Tomte on Monday September 16, 2013 @01:02AM
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Someone would probably notice, checking the DVD against a checksum.
Repackaging it seems to be tricky, since the paper inlay is bound in the magazine, it's not just stuck on the cover or whatever. You tear it out at a perforation, leaving part of the DVD cover inside.
There are much more exposed attack vectors on online banking users, I would think.
And you can always just download the ISO and check it against the hash (and the PGP key).
It's a Linux live system (with permanent storage on a USB stick) geared specifically towards online banking.
I believe that quite a few people actually use it.
Of course the hardware is the same, but you get a clean single purpose software system.