Re: [IP] Malware kills 154

2010-08-24 Thread Bill Frantz
This came in from SANS NewsBites Vol. 12 Num 67 : Did a computer virus cause the 150 deaths in the Spanair crash? --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

Re: [IP] Malware kills 154

2010-08-24 Thread Steven Bellovin
On Aug 24, 2010, at 12:32 19PM, Chad Perrin wrote: On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 03:35:45PM -0400, Steven Bellovin wrote: And the articles I've seen do not say that the problem caused the crash. Rather, they say that a particular, important computer was infected with malware; I saw no language

Re: [IP] Malware kills 154

2010-08-24 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 06:44:02PM -0400, Steven Bellovin wrote: On Aug 24, 2010, at 12:32 19PM, Chad Perrin wrote: On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 03:35:45PM -0400, Steven Bellovin wrote: And the articles I've seen do not say that the problem caused the crash. Rather, they say that a

Re: [IP] Malware kills 154

2010-08-23 Thread Steven Bellovin
On Aug 23, 2010, at 11:50 30AM, John Levine wrote: 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

Re: [IP] Malware kills 154

2010-08-23 Thread Steven Bellovin
On Aug 23, 2010, at 11:11 13AM, 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