How to gain code execution on hundreds of millions of people and popular apps

Re:How to gain code execution on hundreds of millions of peo... by account42 on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @06:47AM (#43253376)

This is how consumer programs used to work before everyone got fast broadband.

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Re:How to gain code execution on hundreds of millions of peo... by PeterStuer on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @02:37AM (#43263902)

There was not much consumer programs to exploit in the days of dialup.

Sure, virii were with us since the early 80's, but they mostly targetted the OS, and there were no rapid security patch release cycles back then. You just had 'prevention' and mostly cleanup.

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