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Viruses vs Worms: What's the Difference?
1:25:42 - 1:30:23 (04:41)
The terms viruses and worms are often used interchangeably, but viruses are usually perceived as being malicious while worms simply spread quickly. However, most things that spread quickly online - like worms - do so with some level of malicious or self-serving intent.
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The terms "virus" and "worm" are often used interchangeably, however, viruses are typically seen as malicious and destructive while worms simply spread rapidly, often without malicious intent.
1:25:42 - 1:28:23 (02:41)
Summary
The terms "virus" and "worm" are often used interchangeably, however, viruses are typically seen as malicious and destructive while worms simply spread rapidly, often without malicious intent. In this podcast, a code is discussed that rapidly adds friends and heroes to a profile, which could potentially spread to others' profiles as well.
ChapterViruses vs Worms: What's the Difference?
Episode#74: How a Computer Hacker Optimizes Online Dating, Opens Locked Cars, and Hijacks Drones
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Samy Kamkar talks about how he made a worm that hacked into MySpace and spread to a million users before he could stop it and the resulting legal troubles and lessons learned.
1:28:24 - 1:30:23 (01:59)
Summary
Samy Kamkar talks about how he made a worm that hacked into MySpace and spread to a million users before he could stop it and the resulting legal troubles and lessons learned.