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minus-squaresoggy_kitty@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up57arrow-down1·5 months agoPut the rose tinted glasses to one side. We still had harmful viruses back in the day, difference is these days you are storing more private information “online” so the effect of compromise is larger.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 months agoBack then, there were still lots of “wipers” that deleted files and/or destroyed the OS. Now it’s all spyware and ransomware.
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoi’m mostly just sad that the funny side of malicious software is gone. There’s no more funny malware. It’s all ransomware and stealers.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoVandalism became theft and kidnapping
Put the rose tinted glasses to one side. We still had harmful viruses back in the day, difference is these days you are storing more private information “online” so the effect of compromise is larger.
Back then, there were still lots of “wipers” that deleted files and/or destroyed the OS. Now it’s all spyware and ransomware.
i’m mostly just sad that the funny side of malicious software is gone.
There’s no more funny malware. It’s all ransomware and stealers.
Vandalism became theft and kidnapping