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18 posted on 12/02/2014 3:38:33 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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I got nothing from the article about the attack itself or how to guard against it. A little help please...

What was the nature of the attack? Trojan? Modified/hacked real application? Web-based drive-by? USB drive infection?

What was its introduction vector - network, human, etc.?

Is it Windows-specific really -- i.e. an executable that only runs on Windows? Or is it only that it's presently tuned to Windows and could be readily tuned for Linux or Mac?

Was the damage at Sony done to the hard drives (hardware) or the drive format structure (filesystem) or the data stored in the filesystem (files, databases)?

Without more info, this is just a nebulous scary "Look out!" of little value....

20 posted on 12/02/2014 5:45:46 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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