Autorun is VERY bad

[Alan Pope]

On 7 February 2011 18:21, kellyremo <kellyremo at zoho.com> wrote:
>
> How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a standard
> Ubuntu install??
>
> http://securitytube.net/USB-Autorun-attacks-against-Linux-at-Shmoocon-2011-video.aspx
>

Skipping everything else in this thread and diving right to the actual question.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/25880/is-ubuntu-vulnerable-to-recent-exploits-using-usb-sticks-and-automount

Q: "How vulnerable am I to this attack and what steps are developers
doing to be proactive against this sort of thing?"

A: "You're not vulnerable to the specific attack, but the approach is
very interesting. The vulnerabilities used are already fixed"

More details at the link above.

Al.