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I doubt it's macOS only, if you remember EternalBlue, that was called that way because it kept bluescreening on machines the NSA tested it on ...
by alternatetwo 6y ago
I doubt it's macOS only, if you remember EternalBlue, that was called that way because it kept bluescreening on machines the NSA tested it on ...
- _kbh_ 6y agoDo you have a source on the blue screening?. Usually code names are random but can be less random within a group of exploits/projects (such as eternalblue, eternalromance, eternalsyngery, eternalchampion)
- FreshFries 6y agoNot OP, but just google Windows7 & eternalblue EDIT: I realise now that does not answer your question. Apologies.
- _kbh_ 6y agoI've blue screened plenty of computers with eternalblue in the past. I am just not convinced its where the name comes from, I feel like its just a happy accident.
- ryanmcdonough 6y agoThe name came from a previous exploit called BlueKeep, which wasn't related to BSOD. In fact: "On 6 September 2019, an exploit of the wormable BlueKeep security vulnerability was announced to have been released into the public realm.[4] The initial version of this exploit was, however, unreliable, being known to cause "blue screen of death" (BSOD) errors. A fix was later announced, removing the cause of the BSOD error." They even fixed a BSOD issue that popped up in BlueKeep as that was no good to them.
- _kbh_ 6y agoEternalBlue is probably ancient and additionally was leaked to the public 2 years prior to BlueKeep.