‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity

Re:‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity by caoilte on Saturday February 19, 2022 @06:42AM (#30396362)

errr what? Im struggling to figure out what you might mean here. Are you talking about floppy disk shared worms?

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Re:‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity by efdee on Saturday February 19, 2022 @06:49AM (#30396404)

Maybe Code Red <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Red_(computer_worm)>, Conficker <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker> or Blaster <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_(computer_worm)>.

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Re:‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity by w1nk on Saturday February 19, 2022 @07:09AM (#30396508)

Also, don't forget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimda ... all of these were a horror show to deal with on networks of the era..

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Re:‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity by brazzy on Saturday February 19, 2022 @07:37AM (#30396681)

My favourite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_Slammer - 376 bytes of malware, spread via spraying UDP packets at random IP addresses, infected basically every vulnerable system on the entire internet within 10 minutes.

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Re:‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity by ugl on Saturday February 19, 2022 @06:50AM (#30396413)

Probably referencing this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm

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Re:‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity by maxmouchet on Saturday February 19, 2022 @06:47AM (#30396389)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_(computer_worm)

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Re:‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity by benreesman on Saturday February 19, 2022 @07:10AM (#30396524)

A sibling has already linked it, but extra context: Robert Tappen Morris (aka ‘rtm’) is a legend, his dad is a Bell Labs legend, and along with Trevor he’s kind of the “silent partner” in the Viaweb -> YC -> $$$$$ miracle.

Guy’s a boss.

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Re:‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity by kro on Saturday February 19, 2022 @06:49AM (#30396403)

I think they talk about worms that spread by infecting other devices in the local network using RCEs in net-services like rdp/smb/..

That or maybe drive-by downloads / java/activeX code execution, which have become more rare

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Re:‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity by toredash on Saturday February 19, 2022 @06:48AM (#30396393)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_(computer_virus)

For instance

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