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Malware As A Service (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Maybe this is a case of hindsight being 20/20 but wouldn't they have caught this if they tried pushing the file to a test machine first?

[–] Gsus4 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I saw one rumor where they uploaded a gibberish file for some reason. In another, there was a Windows update that shipped just before they uploaded their well-tested update. The first is easy to avoid with a checksum. The second...I'm not sure...maybe only allow the installation if the windows update versions match (checksum again) :D

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Windows has beta channels for their updates

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