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Is anyone ever pissed that one exploit getting caught reveals other hacker’s efforts? Like how that amateurish but high profile Wannacry attack revealed a much
by vmception 6y ago
Is anyone ever pissed that one exploit getting caught reveals other hacker’s efforts?
Like how that amateurish but high profile Wannacry attack revealed a much more lucrative Monero mining botnet that was running with the same exploit for weeks longer, but some script kiddie ruined it
- bombcar 6y agoI recall at least one "worm" that would patch the hole it came in by, perhaps so that it wouldn't have competition. It wasn't one of those "healing viruses" either; it was exploiting a weakness and preventing others from doing the same.
- KMag 6y ago> it was exploiting a weakness and preventing others from doing the same. This is also a solution (albeit with a race condition) to one bug that the Morris worm had: the same worm infecting a host multiple times and the multiple instances drawing more attention / stepping on its own feet. Other worms likely have had similar flaws. (Any suggestions to eloquently un-mix the worm/feet metaphors?)