Hal-5700X to TechnologyEnglish • edit-226 days agoAll Windows users should immediately update their computers. An exploit rated 9.8/10 (CVE-2024-38063) compromises all devices running Windows with an IPv6 address.msrc.microsoft.commessage-square208fedilinkarrow-up1700arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1692arrow-down1external-linkAll Windows users should immediately update their computers. An exploit rated 9.8/10 (CVE-2024-38063) compromises all devices running Windows with an IPv6 address.msrc.microsoft.comHal-5700X to TechnologyEnglish • edit-226 days agomessage-square208fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@kautaulinkEnglish19•26 days agoJust anyone with a windows xp machine really https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/idle-windows-xp-and-2000-machines-get-infected-with-viruses-within-minutes-of-being-exposed-online
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•26 days agoWhy would you make it accessible to the world?
minus-square@kautaulinkEnglish7•26 days agoIn this case? Research, but you are correct in that it’s incredibly unlikely that someone today has their computer directly connected to the internet without a router or something preventing any incoming connection
minus-square@ArcherlinkEnglish1•edit-224 days agoPeople rely on IPv4 NAT to be a “firewall” and it drives me nuts
minus-square@GreenAppleTreelinkEnglish15•26 days agoCould also be a joke on how there was a single XP serial number used by nearly everyone that got it from, uhh, non-official sources. FCKGW FTW.
Can’t tell if you’re russian, or room mates.
Just anyone with a windows xp machine really
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/idle-windows-xp-and-2000-machines-get-infected-with-viruses-within-minutes-of-being-exposed-online
Why would you make it accessible to the world?
In this case? Research, but you are correct in that it’s incredibly unlikely that someone today has their computer directly connected to the internet without a router or something preventing any incoming connection
People rely on IPv4 NAT to be a “firewall” and it drives me nuts
Could also be a joke on how there was a single XP serial number used by nearly everyone that got it from, uhh, non-official sources. FCKGW FTW.
They own the botnet.