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Context: I received a text message about unpaid ticket on the same day I parked at a hospital dropoff zone. The number was from an entirely different province and the url looked very odd. Not a number alphabet soup, but just long winded so… Continue reading Detecting drive-by-download attack on android
How do hackers place a RAT or Trojan on the target’s computer without downloading the files to the target computer, just by clicking on a link? Or can they take over the target’s computer by opening a file in the browser without downloadin… Continue reading How are hackers able to hack a target without installing malware? [duplicate]
There is an image file. How do I convert it to a download link or embed it in a download link? How do I get the image file to download automatically silently, without asking, as soon as a link is clicked?
There is an image file. How do I convert it to a download link or embed it in a download link? How do I get the image file to download automatically silently, without asking, as soon as a link is clicked?
Today I learned that drive-by downloads and drive-by installations are or have been a thing. Yet there’s something very counterintuitive about them if considered a real threat for modern smartphone or modern mainstream web browser users. F… Continue reading Are drive-by downloads and installs a significant threat to an average modern Android or Firefox for Windows user?
I stumbled across suspicious file download behaviour from a site, but I am perplexed as to how it worked.
Visit Google.com
Search for the company name
On the list of results, click the company’s link
Instead of being directed to their web… Continue reading Malware delivered when clicking a Google Search link, but only on Windows
Is it possible that clicking a link would hack a device?
For example:
injecting a malicious code into the device directly from the link’s host website
connecting to the device remotely in a way through its internet connection
And how to … Continue reading What ways a website could hack a device? [duplicate]
Another question inspired by a recent discussion in the ‘The DMZ’ chatroom.
Long story short: IT guys are worried that accountants’ workstations may become compromised because accountants watch cat meme websites. Proposed solution: Lock do… Continue reading Realistically, how likely it is to have a computer compromised from browsing random websites?
Another question inspired by a recent discussion in the ‘The DMZ’ chatroom.
Long story short: IT guys are worried that accountants’ workstations may become compromised because accountants watch cat meme websites. Proposed solution: Lock do… Continue reading Realistically, how likely it is to have a computer compromised from browsing random websites?
I opened a link that was said to be malicious and hacks you instantly once opened.
It was an "Amazon 30th anniversary" scam I received it from a friend (who approved he was the one who sent it and not a hacker)
However the webpag… Continue reading Can a link hack my phone even if it didn’t do any drive-by download or tried into tricking me to install a malicious software? [closed]