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Wednesday, 27 July 2005 |
Pod
Slurping To Threaten Security
BusinessWeek - USA
A new security threat is fast emerging; it's called Pod slurping. What it
is: A while back, Abe Usher, whose blog can be found here, wrote a program that
allows an iPod digital music player to download more than 20,000 files an hour
from any computer it's connected to.
Usher's goal was to demonstrate vulnerability of corporate security. He had
demonstrated it with gusto, by running the program on his own computer. The
program copied all of his PC's document files onto his iPod in 65 seconds.
What this means: any connected consumer electronics device, such as an iPod, MP3
player, a digital camera or a cell phone could, potentially be used to steal
sensitive corporate data.
This problem will only snowball as the iPod and other consumer devices get
wireless connectivity capabilities, as they no doubt will. Then, downloading
files from the corporate network will be even easier: You won't even have to
plug anything into your Wi-Fi-enabled laptop. Your laptop and your iPod will
simply exchange files wirelessly.
The danger lies not only in devices downloading information, but also in
uploading it. An iPod could, potentially, infect a network with a virus.
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