FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack

Re:FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware ... by telephonetemp on Saturday September 14, 2013 @10:55AM (#6385713)

> 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.

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Re:FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware ... by Tomte on Monday September 16, 2013 @01:02AM (#6391716)

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).

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