From: HeyBub on
"The United States Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) has warned
that the software included in the Energizer DUO USB battery charger contains
a backdoor that allows unauthorized remote system access."

http://gizmodo.com/5489413/energizer-battery-charger-comes-with-a-software-backdoor

Technical stuff
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/trojan-found-usb-battery-charger-software

This may do to Energizer what the root-kit business did to Sony, i.e., not
much.


From: MowGreen on
But wait, there's more !

Vodafone HTC Magic shipped with Conficker, Mariposa malware
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5626

" Just when you thought you have taken care of all the possible malware
infection vectors, flawed quality assurance procedures once again
demonstrate the need for a transparent and systematic approach of
ensuring that digital devices are shipped malware-free.

In a new blog post, researchers from PandaSecurity are reporting on
Conficker, Mariposa and Lineage password stealing malware samples,
shipped with a recently purchased Vodafone HTC Magic smartphone. "

Hardmalware/softmalware/animalmalware ... next will be humanmalware
where an evil Doctor implants it when you're born so Big Brother can
track *every thing* you do. Ooga booga !!!


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HeyBub wrote:
> "The United States Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) has warned
> that the software included in the Energizer DUO USB battery charger contains
> a backdoor that allows unauthorized remote system access."
>
> http://gizmodo.com/5489413/energizer-battery-charger-comes-with-a-software-backdoor
>
> Technical stuff
> http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/trojan-found-usb-battery-charger-software
>
> This may do to Energizer what the root-kit business did to Sony, i.e., not
> much.
>
>