• Luffy
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    2 months ago

    Is this actually a CVE?

    The headline at least looks more like lOoK, sSh eXplOiTeRs uSe sSh cLiEnTs tO eXpLoIt sSh CVEs!!1!1elf11

    TL;DR: Free Software being repackaged with malware in order to trick people who download from fake websites like Softonic and shit. No PuTTY exploit, no Win exploit, just pure user error

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      Free software being repackaged with malware is nothing new and has been around for a long while. Headline feels very click bait-y.

  • @[email protected]
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    12 months ago

    This article seems to describe one of the things an attacker can do once they already have access to your device - a method for maintaining access that can evade detection. Did I miss the part where this article explains how a machine gets compromised in the first place, or does it just presume your machine is already somehow infected?