Tag Archive for: ’80s

An ’80s File Format Enabled Stealthy Mac Hacking

The now-patched vulnerability would have let hackers target Microsoft Office using Symbolic Link—a file type that hasn’t been in common use in over 30 years.
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An ’80s File Format Enabled Stealthy Mac Hacking

The now-patched vulnerability would have let hackers target Microsoft Office using Symbolic Link—a file type that hasn’t been in common use in over 30 years.
mac hacker – read more

The Malware Museum Shows Just How Cute the Internet Was in the ’80s and ’90s – Slate Magazine (blog)


Slate Magazine (blog)

The Malware Museum Shows Just How Cute the Internet Was in the '80s and '90s
Slate Magazine (blog)
Can you picture the malware museum of the 2000s and 2010s? The exhibits for Conficker, Stuxnet, Flame, Zeus; the brief descriptions of the size and scope of each, how much damage was done, the sums of money lost, the number of victims affected.

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