technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agoFake ‘One Battle After Another’ torrent hides malware in subtitleswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down15
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkFake ‘One Battle After Another’ torrent hides malware in subtitleswww.bleepingcomputer.comtechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareiamanurd@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoSo it only works if you open a file with a .lnk extension?
minus-squareJ-Bone@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·1 month agoBased on the title, I first thought subtitles embedded in a container (like MKV) could be used to launch malware. Thankfully this is not the case. I was really worried for a second. This honestly has nothing to do with video formats or even torrents. If you are pirating you should have enough common sense to not click on random .lnk files. Most reputable trackers/indexers don’t allow .lnk files or even random raw M2TS files.
minus-squareEvilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoYeah that title terrified me for a solid minute there
So it only works if you open a file with a .lnk extension?
Based on the title, I first thought subtitles embedded in a container (like MKV) could be used to launch malware.
Thankfully this is not the case. I was really worried for a second.
This honestly has nothing to do with video formats or even torrents.
If you are pirating you should have enough common sense to not click on random .lnk files.
Most reputable trackers/indexers don’t allow .lnk files or even random raw M2TS files.
Yeah that title terrified me for a solid minute there