#zipbombs — Public Fediverse posts
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Software dev fortifies his #blog with 'zip bombs' — attacking #bots meet their end with explosive data package
#ZipBombs are tiny, compressed archives that hide a massive file size. An egregious example of this type of sneaky file is this 46MB archive that turns into a massive 4.5 petabyte file, overwhelming most computers. These are considered to be malware. However, Diallo has flipped the script and is now using zip bombs as a way to defend against malware attacks.
https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/software-dev-fortifies-his-blog-with-zip-bombs-attacking-bots-meet-their-end-with-explosive-data-package -
Tom’s Hardware: Software dev fortifies his blog with ‘zip bombs’ — attacking bots meet their end with explosive data package. “Zip bombs are tiny, compressed archives that hide a massive file size. An egregious example of this type of sneaky file is this 46MB archive that turns into a massive 4.5 petabyte file, overwhelming the resources of most computers. These are considered to be […]
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#fediverse what did you do? i was reading my site's access logs, as you do, and for some reason in the span of a couple minutes over 800 mastodon instances decided to open my website
did someone decide to link it or did some vulnerability scanner think it found something and post it here after i served it a 10GB zip bomb?
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Another tool for our arsenal of protections against adversarial bots: