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at this point, the attacker has already owned the database and found an exploit that allows arbitrary shell execution on the host. i feel like the title is a li
by woodrowbarlow 9y ago
at this point, the attacker has already owned the database and found an exploit that allows arbitrary shell execution on the host. i feel like the title is a little bit click-baity, because the attacker could have just hosted their executable payload on any of a thousand shady file hosting sites without needing to hide it in an image.
- sametmax 9y agoThe image has 2 purposes: - make it easy to host it on a public, reputable, unblocked web site; - have a format AV detect less often.