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Oracle 'Worm' Exploit Modified

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the flirting-with-disaster dept.

answers writes "Two months after an anonymous researcher released the first public example of an Oracle database worm, the exploit code has been advanced and republished, adding new techniques to attack databases. From the article: "It's still very theoretical right now, but I don't think any DBA should be underestimating the risk," said Alexander Kornbrust, CEO of Red-Database-Security GmbH. "If you're running a large company with hundreds of valuable databases, a worm can be very destructive. It is very possible to use this code to release a worm. I can do this right now if I wanted to.""

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  1. yeah. by User+956 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It is very possible to use this code to release a worm. I can do this right now if I wanted to.""

    That seems like an odd quote. Did the author of the article like Double-Dog dare him, or something?

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    1. Re:yeah. by hey! · · Score: 4, Funny
      Odd? Nah, it must sounds awkward because it was edited for brevity. The full quote was:

        It is very possible to use this code to release a worm. I can do this right now if I wanted to. Mwahahaha!
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  2. This sounds so familiar. by DeltaHat · · Score: 3, Funny

    It is very possible to use this code to release a worm. I can do this right now if I wanted to.

    MICHAEL
    I'm gonna find out the hard way that I'm not a pussy if they don't start treating us software people better.

    SAMIR
    That's right.

    MICHAEL
    They don't understand. I could come up with a program that could rip that place off big time...big time.

    PETER
    Yeah.