Fw: [IP] Malware kills 154
Forwarded from Dave Farber's Interesting People list Begin forwarded message: From: David Byrden farb...@byrden.com Date: August 22, 2010 5:28:55 PM EDT To: d...@farber.net Subject: Malware kills 154 Authorities investigating the 2008 crash of Spanair flight 5022 have discovered a central computer system used to monitor technical problems in the aircraft was infected with malware http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38790670/ns/technology_and_science-security/?gt1=43001 David -- Perry E. Metzgerpe...@piermont.com - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to majord...@metzdowd.com
Re: Fw: [IP] Malware kills 154
Perry E. Metzger pe...@piermont.com forwards: Authorities investigating the 2008 crash of Spanair flight 5022 have discovered a central computer system used to monitor technical problems in the aircraft was infected with malware http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38790670/ns/technology_and_science-security/?gt1=43001 Sigh, yet another attempt to use the dog ate my homework of computer problems, if their fly-by-wire was Windows XP then they had bigger things to worry about than malware. Peter. - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to majord...@metzdowd.com
Re: Fw: [IP] Malware kills 154
Authorities investigating the 2008 crash of Spanair flight 5022 have discovered a central computer system used to monitor technical problems in the aircraft was infected with malware http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38790670/ns/technology_and_science-security/?gt1=43001 This was very poorly reported. The malware was on a ground system that wouldn't have provided realtime warnings of the configuration problem that caused the plane to crash anyway. R's, John - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to majord...@metzdowd.com
Re: Fw: [IP] Malware kills 154
Peter Gutmann wrote: Perry E. Metzger pe...@piermont.com forwards: Authorities investigating the 2008 crash of Spanair flight 5022 have discovered a central computer system used to monitor technical problems in the aircraft was infected with malware http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38790670/ns/technology_and_science-security/?gt1=43001 Sigh, yet another attempt to use the dog ate my homework of computer problems, if their fly-by-wire was Windows XP then they had bigger things to worry about than malware. FYI, avionics firmware/software is subject to RTCA DO-178b certification and fly-by-wire will inevitably require a level A certification which is quite demanding (i mean *QUITE*DEMANDING*) for software development process certification. There is no chance that an XP-based application/system would ever meet even the lower certification levels (but for the lowest one which corresponds to passenger entertainment systems). Commercial avionics certification looks like the most demanding among industrial sectors requiring software certification (public transportation, high energy incl. nuclear, medical devices, government IT security in some countries, electronic payments, lottery and casino systems). -- - Thierry Moreau - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to majord...@metzdowd.com
Re: Fw: [IP] Malware kills 154
On 8/23/2010 5:17 PM, Thierry Moreau wrote: Commercial avionics certification looks like the most demanding among industrial sectors requiring software certification (public transportation, high energy incl. nuclear, medical devices, government IT security in some countries, electronic payments, lottery and casino systems). I can't resist pointing out that electronic voting systems are not part of that list :( /ji - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to majord...@metzdowd.com
