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Also, if it can happen by accident then I don't really think it should be called "porting". You don't find that a linux-centric malware has "accidentally" "port
by fao_ 6y ago
Also, if it can happen by accident then I don't really think it should be called "porting". You don't find that a linux-centric malware has "accidentally" "ported" itself to windows, likewise Intel bytecode doesn't suddenly execute on ARM chips.
The difference between "porting" and "modifying" has (at least in everything I've read in "hacker" culture) always been that porting is rarely a trivial act.
- simonh 6y agoI suppose in theory malware that targets dev tools and source to infect compiled code could end up getting ported along with it’s target. More hitching a ride than porting itself though.