> It is a short sequence of raw bytes that only makes sense when read in a specific order.<p>This kind of useless sentence is what makes reading AI text so miserable
This is very cool. Definitely seems like either an early or one-time, targeted attack by someone with good know-how and significant resources, even if it itself is not top-tier. Pretty cool find!
in my script kid days, ( 30 years ago ) I did something similar for linux , using raw sockets and I think with ETH_P_ALL. embedding into a an already existing regular linux process ( recompiling the source code ) the problem was high cpu usage of the process when network usage was intensive. of course it did't survive when the OS updated the program.
What would be considered “top-notch” or “top-tier”? Something never found?
Depends on the target, id consider something like Stuxnet to be top-notch given:
- Delivery
- Target resources (another state)
- Target defenses (I like to think that the iranians had good security)
- Stealthiness
- Target architecture. Its easier to write something for Android (for which we have the OS open sourced) than for siemens PLC<p>But as others say, you wouldn't want to advertise your exploit as top-notch, as it will bring unwanted attention
Nothing, because blackhat activity disqualifies itself from such a label. Recognition is actively withheld since it'd encourage some bad actors. Same reason malicious software is always given a different name even if one can be found in it.
"Well, you'll never get through the frontline security but you might look for a backdoor."