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Then this story about viruses at a nuclear power plant won't make you feel any better: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclearpower-cyber-germany-idUSKCN0XN2O
by ktRolster 11y ago
Then this story about viruses at a nuclear power plant won't make you feel any better: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclearpower-cyber-germany-idUSKCN0XN2OS http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclearpower-cyber-germany...
Some great quotes:
"Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for Finland-based F-Secure, said that infections of critical infrastructure were surprisingly common"
"Hypponen said he had recently spoken to a European aircraft maker that said it cleans the cockpits of its planes every week of malware designed for Android phones. The malware spread to the planes only because factory employees were charging their phones with the USB port in the cockpit."
- zyxley 11y ago> The malware spread to the planes only because factory employees were charging their phones with the USB port in the cockpit. The moral of the story: If you include any kind of port in something, people WILL plug things into it sooner or later.
- ams6110 10y agoSounds suspect to me. Aircraft computers are not running Android.
- copperx 10y agoI'm pretty sure the entertainment system runs on some version of Android.
- koluft 10y agoThey run USB, it doesn't matter what OS is on the other side.
- ams6110 10y agoSure it does. If you plug a USB drive full of Windows viruses into a Linux box, nothing will happen.
- clay_to_n 10y agoIs there Android malware that, when connected to a Windows PC, spreads Windows malware? Sounds reasonable in this situation.