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Do the zombie botnets still search for jurassic OSes to exploit? I feel like connecting the XP system to the Internet might be fine because all the botnets are
by netsharc 2y ago
Do the zombie botnets still search for jurassic OSes to exploit? I feel like connecting the XP system to the Internet might be fine because all the botnets are searching for unpatched Windows 10 systems, maybe 8, 7, but not XP...
- Zambyte 2y agoWhat is the cost for someone running a botnet to probe for old OSs also? They can just take something off the shelf and run it on someone elses machine.
- RetroTechie 2y agoIf any random probe targeting Win10 has a 1% success rate, and similar probe targeting XP has a 0.01% success rate, what probes would you let your botnet send out? Probing for obscure OS that isn't there on the other end = opportunity cost.
- Zambyte 2y ago> what probes would you let your botnet send out? Both probably. I don't see where the "opportunity cost" is when you can trivially do both. Please describe the opportunity cost in detail; that is what I am asking about.