gfxgfx
 
Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
 
gfx gfx
gfx
76774 Posts in 13500 Topics by 1651 Members - Latest Member: insider4ever March 28, 2024, 07:19:51 pm
*
gfx*gfx
gfx
WinMX World :: Forum  |  Discussion  |  WinMx World News  |  subtitle malware attack
gfx
gfxgfx
 

Author Topic: subtitle malware attack  (Read 1580 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

subtitle malware attack
« on: May 25, 2017, 03:29:59 am »
http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/hacking/movie-and-tv-pirates-targeted-in-malware-attack-using-completely-overlooked-technique/news-story/7c85241802d88dd64463bdc326cf6673

Quote
The delivery technique used to deploy the malware is cunning. For hackers to get access to your device they either need to trick you into visiting a malicious website or trick you into downloading a malicious file.

In this particular case the malware is embedded in the subtitle files in what Checkpoint described as “a completely overlooked technique”.

The malware is effectively dumped onto the victim’s desktop when the movie subtitles are loaded by the user’s media player. The reason it has a good chance of success, according to Checkpoint, is because the subtitles repositories are, in practice, treated as a trusted source by the media player.

Offline White Stripes

  • Core
  • *****
  • ***
  • Je suis aimé
Re: subtitle malware attack
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2017, 03:42:57 am »
Quote
is because the subtitles repositories are, in practice, treated as a trusted source by the media player.

VLC has this auto-download turned off by default... click view then untick 'download subtitles' if you or someone else turned it on...

WinMX World :: Forum  |  Discussion  |  WinMx World News  |  subtitle malware attack
 

gfxgfx
gfx
©2005-2024 WinMXWorld.com. All Rights Reserved.
SMF 2.0.19 | SMF © 2021, Simple Machines | Terms and Policies
Page created in 0.021 seconds with 23 queries.
Helios Multi © Bloc
gfx
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!