misk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 months agoIdle Windows XP and 2000 machines get infected with viruses within minutes of being exposed online — legacy OSes compromised by just connecting to the Internetwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down121
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkIdle Windows XP and 2000 machines get infected with viruses within minutes of being exposed online — legacy OSes compromised by just connecting to the Internetwww.tomshardware.commisk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 months agoI’ve seen videos of people doing this for fun to see what happens. Sadly now it’s not even fun “for teh lulz” kinda compromise, either. Everything is just a million varieties of crypto miner or ransomware now.
I’ve seen videos of people doing this for fun to see what happens.
Sadly now it’s not even fun “for teh lulz” kinda compromise, either. Everything is just a million varieties of crypto miner or ransomware now.