Back on January 30, 2008, we issued an alert here in our blog about SANS researching the possibility of malware being put into Insignia Digital Frame Software CDs. See post: http://mice.org/blog/?p=24.
Well, the Chicago Tribune must be reading our blog! Yesterday they ran a story on Factory installed viruses.
Read it here:
Factory Installed Viruses, Chicago Tribune Story
I was checking on the Internet weather today due to some quirky things going on with websites and came across this entry. It seems you can’t even trust your purchases at Wal-mart these days!
Insignia Photo Frame Malware Request
Published: 2008-01-29,
Last Updated: 2008-01-29 21:14:43 UTC
by Deborah Hale (Version: 1)
We have had several reports of malware/viruses infecting some photo frames purchased around the holidays from Best Buy, Target and Walmart. We are asking anyone who has a copy the programs to upload them to our contact page so that we can review the programs and provide them to the Anti-Virus vendors. We are hoping to get comparisons of the different malware found to determine if there is a correlation between frames and manufacturers. Upload them to:
Keeping you alerted!
Debbie
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