Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:41:06 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT - Heartland Payment Systems Message-ID: <20090205132745.S38905@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <200902041003.38182.web@3dresearch.com> References: <200902041003.38182.web@3dresearch.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1291112551-1233801666=:38905 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, Janos Dohanics wrote: > I came across this today: > > http://information-security-resources.com/2009/01/29/did-heartland-ceo-make-insider-trades/ > > The article discusses some questions about the security breach which occurred > at Heartland Payment Systems. Among other things, the article says: > > ˙˙Somehow, these guys went directly to the base level of the machine (to an > area) that was not part of the file table for the disk˙˙ > > ˙˙Somehow, they got around the operating system." > > I'm wondering what is suggested here? Apart from poor grammar, to me it suggests that they're trying really hard to not reveal which version of Windows they're running .. Ian --0-1291112551-1233801666=:38905--
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