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Lexus Computers Infected Via Bluetooth
Country_hacker writes "SCNews is reporting certain models of Lexus have been found with corrupted operating systems in their on-board computers. Evidently the virus got transferred through the Bluetooth interface. It's still unclear whether or not the computers run Symbian."
From the article:
"I've even seen screenshots of major commercial aeroplanes with Windows 2000-based operating systems
"Aeroplanes"
Adorable. Absolutely adorable. Where did they get this guy, from 1938? I think the last time I saw that word was in a Jules Verne novel or something.
Brits love spelling things like that as a way because they know how much it pisses Americans off.
But british men make me uncomfortable. They throw off my gaydar. I never can tell whether they are really, really British or just really, really gay.
He does work for a Finnish company, so that explains alot. Did you ever notice that there is no body more british than someone who USED to live in Britain?
Mod down people who tell people how to mod in their sigs
for driving one of these tech-encrusted things when a good old-fashioned CAR will do the job.
sulli
RTFJ.
Oh yeah. All of you waffling on about "Microsoft never fixes their browser" can get a big bowl, pour all your words into it, and tuck in:
http://secunia.com/product/4227/#advisories
Six UNFIXED vulnerabilities dating back several months.
"oh but yeah but like microsofts are bigger and no but they suck and they make it all crap and they dont know how to program"
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
Firefox isn't something I'll be showing to my boss with a record like this. I don't give a shit about the usual anti-MS rhetoric - Firefox holes go unpatched, and that's that.
Only this time, you don't have a reset button or three-fingered salute available to you to clean out the memory.
About the only advantage here is that unless someone is able to write to the flash ROM or BIOS or whatever they use to store settings, it should go away if you simply disconnect the battery, let it sit for a few minutes, then reconnect and restart... unless you need some kind of specialized tool that only the dealers will have.
Two words: Aegis Cruiser
OCO is Loco
...street gangs have been reported to tote Bluetooth-enabled notebook computers instead of firearms.
Dedicated Linux servers (root access) $45 p.M.
Microsoft Windows XP is the most secure and versatile operating system ever.