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Beware the iPod 'slurping' Employee
Zoner12 writes "CNet is reporting that Abe Usher has created an application that allows an iPod to scan corporate networks for files likely to contain sensitive
business data and download them, potentially stealing 100 megabytes in a few minutes. An insider threat would only need to plug the iPod into a computer's USB port."
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. Sorry, my iPod slurped the story.
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We can all give Abe Usher the bird for offering management a reason to prohibit iPods a work. Thanks Abe--you're off my Christmas Card list.
iSuck
Thank you, I'll be here all week!
Jds
This is nothing new whatsoever.
.pwl files off the Windows 98 boxes for cracking at home.
Back in high school, I used a floppy and a couple batch files to grab
Man, I wish I knew it was called "pod-slurping" back then, I would have been WAYYYY cooler.
What I would consider much more useful is an application that can hunt .avi, .mpg and .mp3 files across the network and 'slurp' them back to my iPod.
.avi, .mpg and .mp3 from the iPod to a specific computer. An anonymous phone call to the local authorities to take a look at the computer would finish the job. Wouldn't be the first time that some high-ranking company official got caught with kiddie porn on their computer.
An application that does the opposite would probably be better: transparently offloading illegal
Two employers ago, the company's president walked by my desk and noticed I was listening to an iPod. The song playing at that moment was "Cake and Sodomy" by Marilyn Manson, which was unfortunate because the gentleman picked up my iPod to look at it before I had a chance to change to a song with a less offensive title. As he picked it up he said "I just bought one of these for my son for Christmas" and then I noticed the shock in his eyes when he saw the words on the LCD screen... then he said "Hmmm" and sat the iPod back on my desk and walked away without saying another word.
A few weeks later, after the Christmas holiday, I saw the president and asked if his son liked his iPod. He said "I decided to return it and got him something else." At first I felt like a heel because I probably caused him to go home and dig through his children's CD collections, confiscate those not meeting his approval and give them a stern lecture. But then it occurred to me that his kids are rich brats and I might have caused them some grief! Buwah hahaha! I felt so happy when I chose to Think Different.
Thanks Apple, your iPod filled me with holiday cheer.
Run and catch, run and catch, the lamb is caught in the blackberry patch.
A locked screendoor will not stop a burglar - but it will stop your nosy neighbour just walking into your kitchen or your children to walk outside.
Gosh no..heaven forbid!! Your neighbour could actually come in and say 'Hi!' to your kids! Your kids could actually go outside and see for themselves what Nature really looks like instead of watching Cartoon Channel. The horror!
People, if some of you really get off on living in a 'war zone' 24/7 where you can trust nobody, please do, but I'm outta here.
The Hacker's Guide To The Kernel: Don't panic()!
Way to ruin a good joke dude. Who brought you along?
"Sir? I think Johnson's up to something."
"Johnson? That weirdo down in IT? I *knew* he was trouble when he brought that shiny, new iPod in here! What's he doing? Slurping our corporate data?!"
"Erm, no. He put on a cloak and wizard hat, and now he's chasing Shelley the intern around the server room yelling 'lightning bolt! lightning bolt!'"
"Sweet Jesus... this is worse than the time we found out we had a furry in accounting. Fetch my pith helmet and tranquilizer gun."