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Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion
by
hdbuck
on 01/02/2016, 21:57:20 UTC
Scary...  http://www.coinfox.info/news/persons/1733-kaspersky-lab-researcher-creates-virus-that-can-spread-through-the-blockchain

March 2015
Unless the exploit has been fixed, that doesn't change the fact that it is a security vulnerability.  
They don't say this will break bitcoin, just that it can be a portal to install malware.

lol, no. nonoononono.
Did I misread?  Please correct me then.  

See comments. Not a real threat.

https://securelist.com/blog/research/69488/blockchain-technology-abuse-time-to-think-about-fixes/
What, it's not executable?  Then what the fuck are they writing about.  Jezus.  
EDIT: I thought they had found some ingenious way to make bitcoin software execute malware, turns out it is just some dipshit who wants media attention doing nothing at all.

just look at the author's profile picture



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