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08-01-2014, 12:51 AM | #1 | |
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08-01-2014, 01:47 AM | #2 |
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yes. this is why all usb's on military computers were disabled several years ago. viruses were introduced on siprnet from infected jump drives. you could loose your security clearance and rank if you got caught with a thumb drive in the scif
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08-01-2014, 11:00 AM | #3 |
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I think that's a different problem, a virus on a thumb/flash drive infecting a computer. I'm wondering if the computer can alter the firmware on the USB device.
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08-11-2014, 10:45 AM | #4 |
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The policy control of losing rank/clearance is appropriate given the severity of the bug.
This is because much more nefarious items than viruses can be brought into a SCIF due to this. This bug is really bad because it can use the USB ID assigned to one device and operate surreptitiously as another, e.g. data collection and surveillance by operating as a keyboard and running scripts to remove data from a machine. |
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BTW you can thank Ms. Manning and the VA laptop theft for the flash drive ban.
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08-11-2014, 02:45 PM | #6 |
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Mitch, if you have say a thumb drive that's clean, can sticking it in an evil computer alter it to do bad things without you knowing? Not just pick up and transfer a virus which even us dummies knew, but alter the thumb drive firmware so it becomes evil also?
Sorry for the overly technical language.
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08-14-2014, 01:11 PM | #7 |
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The answer is yes. That's entirely possible and most likely has already happened.
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08-14-2014, 01:34 PM | #8 |
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Condoms for USBs!
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