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The 12KB Bomb
Kelly Martin, 2004-03-17

It only takes a 12KB virus for total system compromise and a highly effective spam engine. Anyone can make one. Some assembly required.

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small size 2004-03-18
Anonymous
the ms sql worm had a few hundred bytes in that fit into a single udp packet,
so 12k is not much of an acomplishment (i bet i could fit
a simple backdoor in the sql work in a few hundred bytes more :)

on the other hand: yes - the author did not code it in
visual basic - quite an accomplishment...

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