The Fight wit AI has Begun - 10 GB Zip File Bombs to Attack and Crash AI Bots

It's time to fight back against the machines. Let's knock them out BEFORE they take over.

Or is it already too late?

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Many of these bots are harmless, but there are a few that attempt to hijack his system by injecting malicious attacks or probing for a response. When that happens, Diallo says on his blog that he serves up a hot zip bomb that will expand to a thousand times its original size — and crash the bot’s server.

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https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/software-dev-fortifies-his-blog-with-zip-bombs-attacking-bots-meet-their-end-with-explosive-data-package

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This is how this defensive bombing system works: when Diallo detects an offending bot, his server returns a 200 OK response and then serves up the zip bomb. The file’s metadata tells the bot that it’s a compressed file, so it will then open it in an attempt to scrape as much information as possible. However, since the file is at least 1GB when unpacked, it will overwhelm the memory of most simple — and even some advanced — bots. If he faces a more advanced scraper with a few gigabytes of memory, he’ll feed it the 10GB zip bomb, which will most likely crash it.

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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 malware, as they’re designed to disable a target system by crashing it. However, Diallo has flipped the script and is now using zip bombs as a way to defend against malware attacks.

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