technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 28 days agoFake ‘One Battle After Another’ torrent hides malware in subtitleswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-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 · 28 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareiamanurd@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·28 days agoSo it only works if you open a file with a .lnk extension?
minus-squareEvilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·28 days agoYeah that title terrified me for a solid minute there
minus-squareJ-Bone@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·edit-228 days 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.
So it only works if you open a file with a .lnk extension?
Yeah that title terrified me for a solid minute there
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.