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February 02, 2021 First ransomware in D | ||||
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Looks like D has managed to make programs safer... malicious programs that is. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vovalex-is-likely-the-first-ransomware-written-in-d/ |
February 02, 2021 Re: First ransomware in D | ||||
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Posted in reply to RazvanN | On Tuesday, 2 February 2021 at 11:46:39 UTC, RazvanN wrote:
> Looks like D has managed to make programs safer... malicious programs that is.
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> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vovalex-is-likely-the-first-ransomware-written-in-d/
See there was no issue having a GC. :)
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February 02, 2021 Re: First ransomware in D | ||||
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Posted in reply to RazvanN | On Tuesday, 2 February 2021 at 11:46:39 UTC, RazvanN wrote:
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> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vovalex-is-likely-the-first-ransomware-written-in-d/
Well, I hope they used @safe :)
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February 02, 2021 Re: First ransomware in D | ||||
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Posted in reply to RazvanN | On Tuesday, 2 February 2021 at 11:46:39 UTC, RazvanN wrote:
> Looks like D has managed to make programs safer... malicious programs that is.
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> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vovalex-is-likely-the-first-ransomware-written-in-d/
I hope that the signatures wont wrongly affect phobos and druntime.
That's a risk when everything is statically linked (which seems to be the case here as a comment mentions that the malware size is 32 mb).
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February 02, 2021 Re: First ransomware in D | ||||
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Posted in reply to user1234 | On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 01:34:35PM +0000, user1234 via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Tuesday, 2 February 2021 at 11:46:39 UTC, RazvanN wrote: > > Looks like D has managed to make programs safer... malicious programs that is. > > > > https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vovalex-is-likely-the-first-ransomware-written-in-d/ > > I hope that the signatures wont wrongly affect phobos and druntime. That's a risk when everything is statically linked (which seems to be the case here as a comment mentions that the malware size is 32 mb). The bad thing about this is that antivirus software may start labelling D programs as malware because they may latch on to phobos/druntime fragments as identifiers for this ransomware. :-( T -- Famous last words: I *think* this will work... |
February 02, 2021 Re: First ransomware in D | ||||
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Posted in reply to RazvanN | Here it is the killer app the D language needed. |
February 02, 2021 Re: First ransomware in D | ||||
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Posted in reply to Paulo Pinto | On Tuesday, 2 February 2021 at 12:47:36 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> On Tuesday, 2 February 2021 at 11:46:39 UTC, RazvanN wrote:
>> Looks like D has managed to make programs safer... malicious programs that is.
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>> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vovalex-is-likely-the-first-ransomware-written-in-d/
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> See there was no issue having a GC. :)
ehehehehe
;-P
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February 02, 2021 Re: First ransomware in D | ||||
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Posted in reply to Rumbu | On Tuesday, 2 February 2021 at 14:12:26 UTC, Rumbu wrote:
> Here it is the killer app the D language needed.
😂
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February 03, 2021 Re: First ransomware in D | ||||
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Posted in reply to RazvanN | On Tuesday, 2 February 2021 at 11:46:39 UTC, RazvanN wrote: > Looks like D has managed to make programs safer... malicious programs that is. > > https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vovalex-is-likely-the-first-ransomware-written-in-d/ I guess it's a good language to use if you're in that business: easy to churn out code cheaply; easy to get low-level access when you need it. I cross-posted to the D subreddit, BTW: https://old.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/lbh8gb/vovalex_is_likely_the_first_ransomware_written_in/? |
February 03, 2021 Re: First ransomware in D | ||||
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Posted in reply to Rumbu | On Tuesday, 2 February 2021 at 14:12:26 UTC, Rumbu wrote:
> Here it is the killer app the D language needed.
And there can be no doubt that whoever wrote it was a real D hacker.
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