Backdoor discovered in some Seagate hard drives

Title says: Backdoor discovered in some Seagate hard drives
Article discusses: Vulns found in some Seagate wireless network storage products.

Two different things... in fact, the title is clickbait, because those of us in the know immediately think about the NSA vuln in the drive firmware, whereas this article is about something different.
 
Sonic2k said:
Title says: Backdoor discovered in some Seagate hard drives
Article discusses: Vulns found in some Seagate wireless network storage products.

Two different things... in fact, the title is clickbait, because those of us in the know immediately think about the NSA vuln in the drive firmware, whereas this article is about something different.
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Agreed, even me, a non techie guy knows the frikken difference. Geezuz, the mybb news has become actually worst than the regular news outlets.
 
+1 I didnt even bother clicking on the article after I read the description.
 
It is therefore entirely possible to craft a clickbait news article title here and infect the computer or tablet of anyone stupid enough to fall for it.
 
Sonic2k said:
Title says: Backdoor discovered in some Seagate hard drives
Article discusses: Vulns found in some Seagate wireless network storage products.

Two different things... in fact, the title is clickbait, because those of us in the know immediately think about the NSA vuln in the drive firmware, whereas this article is about something different.
Click to expand...

Say that again. Well, they already got the click they were seeking from me :erm: . MyBB at its best
 
Sonic2k said:
Title says: Backdoor discovered in some Seagate hard drives
Article discusses: Vulns found in some Seagate wireless network storage products.

Two different things... in fact, the title is clickbait, because those of us in the know immediately think about the NSA vuln in the drive firmware, whereas this article is about something different.
Click to expand...

Agreed 100%. However to be fair, the average consumer buys what is marketed: "Personal Storage" or "Personal Cloud" or whatever they wish to name their bundling. As such too much tech details and the average consumer's eyes gets that far away look and goes straight over their head. So hopefully a title like this makes them ask a "trusted adviser" about these "disks". No doubt the expert will ask a few questions trying to figure out what the oke is on about ... :confused:

That said, this is exactly why I make my own "devices" from lower level simple components as far as possible. Hard coded credentials in 2015, how stupid can you get? Can't trust those annermerikaners strategy of marketing QA into a product.
 
Sonic2k said:
Title says: Backdoor discovered in some Seagate hard drives
Article discusses: Vulns found in some Seagate wireless network storage products.

Two different things... in fact, the title is clickbait, because those of us in the know immediately think about the NSA vuln in the drive firmware, whereas this article is about something different.
Click to expand...

I'm not one to scream "clickbait title" every second day, but I agree with you here. Title is indeed misleading in this case.

A backdoor implies a level of intentionality that is just not apart of the everyday vulnerability.
 
I haven't bought Seagate in [-]years[/-] decades ...
 
Good too see MyBB writers keeping abreast with the times :

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Sonic2k said:
Title says: Backdoor discovered in some Seagate hard drives
Article discusses: Vulns found in some Seagate wireless network storage products.

Two different things... in fact, the title is clickbait, because those of us in the know immediately think about the NSA vuln in the drive firmware, whereas this article is about something different.
Click to expand...

Perhaps the OP doesn't know the difference :eek:
 
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