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ChuckT
PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:13 pm 
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DHS: Imported Tech Tainted with Backdoor Attack Tools

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DHS admitted that backdoor malware comes embedded in brand-new imported electronics. Yet that security threat has been real for years; a Defense Science Board warned about a tainted supply chain for tech devices and components back in 2005.


http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/76262

This article bothers me because we received a new computer years ago and though we had Norton Antivirus, we were attacked by a virus and I didn't feel we were at fault. I'm suspicious now because of the article.

How are you going to know? How are you going to know if that new computer you buy comes with embedded malware?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:35 pm 
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There were USB picture frames that went out with malwares as well. the only way to be sure is doing your own fresh OS installation on a blank hard drive...

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ChuckT wrote:
...How are you going to know? How are you going to know if that new computer you buy comes with embedded malware?

Know the tech, and build it yourself...
I hear your concerns/I'm not the only one.

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