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Windows 7: The 10 weirdest, wildest, most shocking security exploits ever
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16 Feb 2013
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Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit In a house with a cat trying to kill me |
The 10 weirdest, wildest, most shocking security exploits ever
Quote: Surprise! Bad guys are getting creative. (Never underestimate the oh-so-powerful combination of greed, boredom, and cleverness.) Rather than targeting Internet Explorer, now they're gunning for your virtual machine, your video games, and your Web-connected thermostat.
"The more digital our lives become, the greater the number of potential nontraditional entry points for cybercriminals attempting to steal data and wreak havoc," says McAfee Labs security strategist Toralv Dirro, who referred us to some of the wild exploits highlighted here. Grab your tinfoil hat, and let's take a walk down wacky-hack lane. The 10 weirdest, wildest, most shocking security exploits ever | PCWorld | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Hell oh Well
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz
Memory Not much with my ADHD
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4350
Monitor(s) Displays I have one...It's bright. A 19 inch CRT actually.
Keyboard It's 10 years old and amazingly still works
Mouse Same deal with the mouse, 10 yrs old, if it ain't broke...
Case Don't get on my case...man :D
Cooling I have an Air Conditioner & Diet Pepsi
Hard Drives 250 GB Main Drive, 2 - 1 TB Externals, various FD's.
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16 Feb 2013
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. (On both machines) Lincolnshire, UK. |
Man, that was by turns shocking, entertaining and thought-provoking.
Thanks, Borg. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number (PC) Gigabyte EG41MFT-US2H Self build. (Laptop) HP Dv7.
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. (On both machines)
CPU (PC) Intel Quad Core Q6600: (Laptop) Turion II M520
Motherboard PC: as above. Laptop (HP System Board) 3639 33.23
Memory PC: Corsair DDR3 4GB Corsair Laptop: DDR-2 Micron 800 4 GB.
Graphics Card ATI Asus HD6770: Laptop: ATI Mobile Radeon 4500.
Sound Card Onboard.
Monitor(s) Displays PC: Lyama Prolite E2407HDS 24" Laptop 17"
Screen Resolution PC: 1920x1080. Laptop:1600x900
Keyboard Logitech MK 250 wireless.
Mouse PC: Logitech MK 250 wireless. Laptop: Logitech Wireless M235
PSU OCZ 550 GX. Laptop - ?
Case Black Coolermaster Centurion 5 II.
Cooling 2x120 mm. Coolermaster front & rear: 120mm. CM side fan.
Hard Drives Pc: WD 5000AAKS (O/s, Photos, Files.)
Seagate ST3100520AS 1TB (Films, Video)
Laptop: WDC WD32000BEKT-605t1
External Backup: another WD 5000AAKS, in Trust E-SATA case.
Internet Speed (Rural Lincolnshire!) From 2 to 2.8 Mb.
Other Info Clean-installed laptop. PC, networked as Master to laptop.
TV Tuner card "WinTV Nova T-500 Dual Tuner fitted, in order to watch sport & own film/TV choice without marital discord! NOTE: works fine, excellent Freeview reception in a poor signal area.
Laptop Mouse: tiny USB thumb drive, works fine.
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18 Feb 2013
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Indiana/Florida U.S.A. |
| | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus G74Sx
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU Intel i7 2670 Qm @2.20
Motherboard AsusTek G74Sx,1.0
Memory 16 GB DDR3
Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce GTX 560M -2040mb
Monitor(s) Displays Generic
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900
Hard Drives Crucial M4 128 gb SSD Internal/ 500gb Western Digital internal @ 7200 rpm (love the dual internal drives!)
1t Western Digital External, 500gb Western Digital External
500gb Seagate External x 2
Antivirus Avast Free
Browser Opera/Maxthon3/Comodo Dragon (very rarely)
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18 Feb 2013
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
I can't get past the advertisement on that page to find the article. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1
CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25
Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E
Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS
Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC
Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN.
Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless
Mouse M/S 5000 wireless
PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold
Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans
Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull-
Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Internet Speed 3.0 mb
Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials
Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox
Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall
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18 Feb 2013
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Indiana/Florida U.S.A. |
Took me a minute too. The > to start the slideshow is on the left. | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus G74Sx
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU Intel i7 2670 Qm @2.20
Motherboard AsusTek G74Sx,1.0
Memory 16 GB DDR3
Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce GTX 560M -2040mb
Monitor(s) Displays Generic
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900
Hard Drives Crucial M4 128 gb SSD Internal/ 500gb Western Digital internal @ 7200 rpm (love the dual internal drives!)
1t Western Digital External, 500gb Western Digital External
500gb Seagate External x 2
Antivirus Avast Free
Browser Opera/Maxthon3/Comodo Dragon (very rarely)
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18 Feb 2013
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Win 7 Pro 64-bit South Central Texas |
| | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio VPCEB47GM Laptop
OS Win 7 Pro 64-bit
CPU Intel i5 2.4 Ghz
Memory 8GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel HD 3000
Sound Card IDT High Definition
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6 WGXA Anti-Glare LED
Screen Resolution 1280x800
Hard Drives 640Gb 7200rpm
Antivirus MSE
Browser Opera (primary) with IE9 backup
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18 Feb 2013
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1 The North Star state |
Quote: Originally Posted by indianacarnie  Number 11, wow. Agreed. The thought of someone being killed by an infected heart pacemaker gives me the creeps! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Customized build from CyberPower
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1
CPU Intel i5 2500k
Motherboard Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Memory 8 gigabytes Corsair PC3-12800 DDR3
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 460 superclocked
Sound Card Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic 23" LCD
Screen Resolution 1980 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech USB
Mouse Microsoft 3 button
PSU Coolermaster 1000 watt modular
Case Coolermaster HAF X full tower
Cooling Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus
Hard Drives 120 Gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD
120 Gb Kingston Hyper X SSD
1 Tb WD Caviar Black HDD
Internet Speed download 1.5 Mb/sec upload 300Kb/sec
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18 Feb 2013
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Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Service Pack 1 - Linux Mint Mate 14 x64 East Midlands |
Quote: Originally Posted by indianacarnie Number 11, wow.  | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dm1 Notebook PC
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Service Pack 1 - Linux Mint Mate 14 x64
CPU AMD E-450 APU (64-Bit) @ 1.65GHz Dual-Core
Motherboard HP 3387 36.0A (Socket FT1)
Memory 4GB DDR3 @ 676MHz
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics
Sound Card Beats Audio - IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Monitor(s) Displays LCD HP Monitor
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Synaptics TouchPad V 7.5/Logitech USB Wireless
PSU Microsoft Composite Battery - ACPI
Case HP
Cooling HP Cool Sense
Hard Drives 500GB - SATA Hitachi HTS547550A9E384
Internet Speed 24.0 Mbps
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Opera 12.15; Firefox 21
Other Info NIC - Broadcom 4313GN 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter
Belkin Black Laptop Cooling Stand
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18 Feb 2013
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
I found it. Great read and nice videos. Thank you.
Other things that come to mind. I'm not crazy. When I have posted in other threads stating that anything that connects to a computer in any fashion can get infected. Or beware of clouds because you loose control of your security.I can tell by the return posts that some think I went off the deep end of paranoia. I'm not crazy but still somewhat paranoid.
I still keep my automatic coffee pot covered with a aluminum foil pyramid so nobody know when I home making coffee. That's being cautious not paranoid. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1
CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25
Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E
Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS
Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC
Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN.
Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless
Mouse M/S 5000 wireless
PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold
Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans
Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull-
Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Internet Speed 3.0 mb
Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials
Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox
Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall
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18 Feb 2013
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Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |
Quote: Originally Posted by Layback Bear I found it. Great read and nice videos. Thank you.
Other things that come to mind. I'm not crazy. When I have posted in other threads stating that anything that connects to a computer in any fashion can get infected. Or beware of clouds because you loose control of your security.I can tell by the return posts that some think I went off the deep end of paranoia. I'm not crazy but still somewhat paranoid.
I still keep my automatic coffee pot covered with a aluminum foil pyramid so nobody know when I home making coffee. That's being cautious not paranoid. I'm with you Jack! I don't think we are paranoid though, since people are out to get us. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech
OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB
Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460
Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago
Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired
PSU Corsair HX650W
Case Inwin Dragon Rider
Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM
Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage
Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable
Antivirus Norton Internet Security
Browser IE 9, Opera when needed
Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts.
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