‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity

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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