Comments on: Laptop Stolen? Send The SMS Of Death http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2008/12/02/laptop-stolen-send-the-sms-of-death/ Bringing Fire To The Village: Your Source For Computer, Network & Information Security News from Dave Lewis, Security Blogger Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:37:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dave Lewis http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2008/12/02/laptop-stolen-send-the-sms-of-death/comment-page-1/#comment-71146 Dave Lewis Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:48:16 +0000 http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/?p=4182#comment-71146 @Paul I was pondering that myself. Now, is this a predictable code? Could it be turned into a massive denial tool? Excellent question. Thanks for the comment. cheers, Dave @Paul

I was pondering that myself. Now, is this a predictable code? Could it be turned into a massive denial tool?

Excellent question. Thanks for the comment.

cheers,
Dave

]]> By: Paul http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2008/12/02/laptop-stolen-send-the-sms-of-death/comment-page-1/#comment-71145 Paul Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:34:14 +0000 http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/?p=4182#comment-71145 “When the kill command is received, the PC will shut down and refuse to turn on again,” - yeah, what if someone *ELSE* figures out the kill command and sends a bunch of them to all of your organization's laptops? The ultimate DoS. Authentication and integrity are important controls, and you have to consider what the failure conditions are before you add systems like this. “When the kill command is received, the PC will shut down and refuse to turn on again,” – yeah, what if someone *ELSE* figures out the kill command and sends a bunch of them to all of your organization’s laptops? The ultimate DoS.
Authentication and integrity are important controls, and you have to consider what the failure conditions are before you add systems like this.

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