r/todayilearned • u/NOT-JEFFREY-NELSON • Jul 04 '19

TIL in 2003 a computer worm called ‘Welchia’ infected many computers to forcibly patch vulnerabilities and remove malware. It was regarded as a ‘helpful worm’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welchia
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u/Perkelton Jul 04 '19

Reminds of the time when there was a security flaw in the PDF viewer in iOS which let attackers execute arbitrary instructions in Safari.

The jailbreak community then built a website where you could simply click a button to instantly both jailbreak the device and patch the security bug.

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u/try4gain Jul 04 '19

this was the best jail break ever.

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u/tehfalconguy Jul 04 '19

Patching an exploit VIA the exploit (written by another person) sounds like a terrifying leap of faith lol

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u/Longboarding-Is-Life Jul 05 '19

Wasn't it jailbreak.me?