Hey, if it can make it onto the space station, I bet spanair is no problem.<div> </div><div>(Source: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/malware-detected-at-the-international-space-station/1806">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/malware-detected-at-the-international-space-station/1806</a>) <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Stanley C. Mortel <<a href="mailto:mortel@cyber-nos.com">mortel@cyber-nos.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> How in the hell could they leave a vital control system open to an infected USB stick???? Stan --Judge to Examine Evidence on Malware in Spanair Fatal Air Crash Case (August 20 & 23, 2010) A Spanish judge will investigate whether or not malware on a Spanair computer system had anything to do with the system's failure to raise alerts prior to a 2008 airplane crash that killed 154 of 172 people on board. The official cause of the crash was pilot error; the pilots were found to have failed to extend the airplane's take-off flaps and slats. However, the investigation also found that a warning system failed to alert the pilots that the flaps and slats had not extended and had also failed to do so on two previous occasions. Each failure should have been logged into Spanair's maintenance system, which was found to be infected with malware. Three failures would have triggered an alarm that would have kept the airplane grounded until the problem was fixed. The judge has called for Spanair to release computer logs for the days before and after the crash. The malware infection appears to have spread through a flash drive. Internet Storm Center: <a href="http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9433" target="_blank">http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9433</a> <a href="http://www.securecomputing.net.au/News/229633,trojans-linked-to-spanish-air-crash.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.securecomputing.net.au/News/229633,trojans-linked-to-spanish-air-crash.aspx</a> <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226900089" target="_blank">http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226900089</a> <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/08/infected-usb-thumb-drive-implicated-in-deadly-2008-spanair-jetliner-crash/1?loc=interstitialskip" target="_blank">http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/08/infected-usb-thumb-drive-implicated-in-deadly-2008-spanair-jetliner-crash/1?loc=interstitialskip</a> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/20/spanair_malware/" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/20/spanair_malware/</a> <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38790670/ns/technology_and_science-security/" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38790670/ns/technology_and_science-security/</a> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20014237-83.html?tag=mncol;title" target="_blank">http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20014237-83.html?tag=mncol;title</a> _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div> </div>