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Malware on internation Space Station
12-11-2013 3:38 PM
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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/12/international-space-station-virus-epidemics-malwar...
Quote Kaspersky, head of security firm Kaspersky labs, revealed at the Canberra Press Club 2013 in Australia that before the ISS switched from Windows XP to Linux computers,
Russian cosmonauts managed to carry infected USB storage devices aboard the station spreading computer viruses to the connected computers.
Quote In May, the United Space Alliance, which oversees the running of if the ISS in orbit,
migrated all the computer systems related to the ISS over to Linux for security, stability and reliability reasons.



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Re: Malware on internation Space Station
12-11-2013 3:46 PM
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They do appear to contradict themselves a bit in the article though...
Quote Russian cosmonauts managed to carry infected USB storage devices aboard the station spreading computer viruses to the connected computers
Quote The Windows XP-based laptops on the ISS were infected with a virus called W32.Gammima.AG in 2008, after a cosmonaut brought a compromised laptop aboard which spread the malware to the networked computers.
Call me 'w23'
At any given moment in the universe many things happen. Coincidence is a matter of how close these events are in space, time and relationship.
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At any given moment in the universe many things happen. Coincidence is a matter of how close these events are in space, time and relationship.
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Re: Malware on internation Space Station
12-11-2013 5:34 PM
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This is a bit more accurate I believe http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/11/stuxnet_hit_russia_claim/ and the video is very interesting
Re: Malware on internation Space Station
13-11-2013 5:08 PM
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and a bit more information/clarification http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/13/space_station_malware_not_stuxnet/
Re: Malware on internation Space Station
13-11-2013 8:28 PM
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Malware on the space station - frightening thought!
Just imagine if something like this* popped up:

If that were me up there I'd be bricking it.
*made by me for demo purposes. No actual threat intended, offered or implied.
Just imagine if something like this* popped up:

If that were me up there I'd be bricking it.
*made by me for demo purposes. No actual threat intended, offered or implied.
I need a new signature... i'm bored of the old one!
Re: Malware on internation Space Station
14-11-2013 12:31 AM
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Don't worry.
Quote In May, the United Space Alliance, which oversees the running of if the ISS in orbit,
migrated all the computer systems related to the ISS over to Linux for security, stability and reliability reasons.
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Re: Malware on internation Space Station
14-11-2013 11:13 PM
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Only you could come up with a quote like that without a link

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Re: Malware on internation Space Station
14-11-2013 11:18 PM
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See http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/12/international-space-station-virus-epidemics-malwar...
or
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10049444/International-Space-Station-to-boldly-go-with-Li...
or
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10049444/International-Space-Station-to-boldly-go-with-Li...
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