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Re:Apple: Heap Overflow in AppleBCMWLANCore Driver by flukus on Thursday September 21, 2017 @12:22AM (#15300573)
Does not having to join a network make a big difference for a worm considering the amount of wifi networks we share with large numbers of other people?
Re:Apple: Heap Overflow in AppleBCMWLANCore Driver by bmon on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:33AM (#15301837)
I'd say so. Imagine a worm which could spread itself to any phone within WiFi signal range. I'd guess at a worm like that covering a whole city at a really rapid pace. If you're stuck with infecting networks then the main transmission vectors would be offices, homes and cafes/restaurants etc. I think it would be much slower and much less far reaching.