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Wild that some random used a security hole to try and counter the malicious actions actively lol
by Havoc 1y ago
Wild that some random used a security hole to try and counter the malicious actions actively lol
- bobson381 1y agothis was awesome. people are surprising
- er4hn 1y agoThere's a long history of this. A defense against the Morris worm made use of this as well.
- bombcar 1y agoThis has happened a number of times that I remember - one was a worm/exploit that would patch the hole.
- robotnikman 1y agoI remember reading about 5 or so years ago that the FBI was doing exactly this to counter the EternalBlue exploit (I might be getting the exploit name wrong)
- nisegami 1y agoRelevant link maybe: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-court-authorized-effort-disrupt-exploitation-microsoft-exchange https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-a...
- nijave 1y agoI've seen multiple articles where Microsoft does this by taking over C&C domains with court orders