AlienForce1 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Australian supermarket chain ALDI might seem like the last place where one can pick up a Conficker infection, but according to an emergency security alert by the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team, the worm has been discovered on a Fission External 4-in-1 Hard Drive/DVD/USB/Card Reader product the stores offer for sale.ALDI has effected an immediate recall of the product from its shelves and has urged customers who have bought the product to return it. The chain says that the worm was found on a small number of the devices, and that it can be removed by fully formatting them.SCMagazine Australia reports that AusCERT has also advised a full format of the device for those who won’t be returning it to the store and to scan their computer with an up-to-date AV solution. Since Conficker is an old threat, the majority of commercial AV solution contain the signature for spotting it.The worm’s presence on the drives has initially been detected by a Kaspersky AV product, and “the manufacturer recommends that this same software or similar be used to scan all customers’ computers and USB storage devices which have been in contact with the four-in-one hard drive, to detect and remove if present,” an ALDI spokeperson stated.SC Magazine , AustraliaHelp-Net SecurityPS : ALDI is in good company when it comes to shipping infected devices. In December 2008, Amazon warned customers who bought Samsung's SPF-85H 8-Inch Digital Photo Frame that the installation disc contains malware.In May 2010 IBM was left with a red face after handing out infected USB memory sticks at the AusCERT Asia Pacific Information Security Conference. That same year, Vodafone Spain issued a security alert after distributing as many as 3,000 smartphones with infected microSD cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 how does that even happen to begin with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 how does that even happen to begin with?an employee making a mstake using the company computers/serversan employee that does it on purposeoutsiders that do on on purposeharddrive or memory maker in that favorate counrty that makes everything cheap and poor quality. there an employee on purpose or mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 how does that even happen to begin with?an employee making a mstake using the company computers/serversan employee that does it on purposeoutsiders that do on on purposeharddrive or memory maker in that favorate counrty that makes everything cheap and poor quality. there an employee on purpose or mistakefair enough, you'd think though the company's security software would stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 3, 2011 Administrator Share Posted August 3, 2011 fair enough, you'd think though the company's security software would stop it.They would be using McAfee. :troll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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