• Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    While there’s absolutely no way a zip bomb will work in anything these days, I appreciate the gesture

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      It will “work” in the sense that if the user will really really want to see it, they might waste lots of time learning there’s actually nothing.

      • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        12 days ago

        They’ll waste like 5 seconds scanning it and seeing it’s a malicious zip file. if they have a halfway competent it dept it’ll be scanned, flagged, and quarantined before they even have a chance to open it

          • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            12 days ago

            As much as it’s a funny thing to say, Fox News does have some kind of minimally competent IT department. We can infer this from the fact that they weren’t buried in hack attempts a long time ago.