{"id":10054,"date":"2016-12-22T09:16:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T17:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=10054"},"modified":"2016-12-22T09:16:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T17:16:34","slug":"now-with-even-more-bonus-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/22\/now-with-even-more-bonus-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"now with even more bonus malware"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Digital Reader<\/i> has an article up on how the new Nook Tablet 7 comes preloaded with some of the most complete rootkit\/malware\/spyware packages on the planet<\/a>, which is a tough competition.<\/p>\n

Here’s a more complete technical overview on Linux Journal<\/i><\/a>, but the short form is burn it with fire<\/i>, or, to quote page three: “Realistically, the only safe way to use the BNTV450 would involve a format of the eMMC, and the installation of a third-party ROM, should one become available.”<\/p>\n

For bonus points, it’s still vulnerable to the utterly amazing Stagefright exploit<\/a> which made such news last year. Nice.<\/p>\n

So, yeah. If you have one of these, or receive one of these, do not use it at all<\/em>. Don’t even turn it on. Take it back for a refund immediately. Sorry.<\/p>\n

ps: I am no longer surrounded by floppy diskettes. Thank the gods. But check out this floppy diskette that, perhaps unsurprisingly, I could not recover:<\/p>\n

<\/center><\/p>\n

That’s not reflection: that’s light showing up through the diskette<\/em>. Is that nuts or what? This is a 5.25″ floppy diskette pulled from its envelope, showing that somehow<\/eM>, on both sides<\/em>, the media in those tracks got scraped off down to the clear plastic underneath.<\/p>\n

I now have a little collection of media I refer to as ULTRAFUCKED, and this one is their god.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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