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Would it be possible to hide an exploit or test in a Word doc or image? I suppose they could have planted the image there with some steganographic encryption, a
by mattbk1 7y ago
Would it be possible to hide an exploit or test in a Word doc or image? I suppose they could have planted the image there with some steganographic encryption, and if the author was clever enough to find another link and click it, he would alert authorities to that fact?
This sounds farfetched when I write it out.
- darkwater 7y agoI would reuse an already existing files on the hard drive to do that instead of adding a new one.
- martin-adams 7y agoBy adding a new file, it piques curiosity, or triggers communication to the person in the photo to let them know that they're on to them.
- chelmzy 7y agoIts common to use Word macros to install malware.
- Shendare 7y agoThough in this case mitigated by the split between .docx (macro-less) documents and .docm (macro-enabled). Either file type can also be unzipped and have their contents inspected for anything suspicious.