Malware Distribution Through Physical Media a Growing Concern

A slashdot post yesterday mentions a story that had run in the Register about the increasing number of digital devices reaching consumers with malware already installed on them.

In the latest incidents, three photo frames made by Advanced Design Systems and bought from different Sam's Club stores each contained a Trojan horse, according to reports to the SANS Internet Storm Center.

In another incident in 2006 Apple iPods were infected with a Windows virus. Other incidents include infected disk drives. "When (the first incident) pops up, we thought it might be someone that was infected and blamed it on the digital picture frame," says Marcus Sachs, volunteer director of the Internet Storm Center and executive director of government affairs at Verizon. "But this is malware - and malware that does not seem to be very well detected. You could plug in a device and infect yourself with something you would never know you had."

For additional information, see The Register.