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Could someone ELI5 what this does?
by levzettelin 9mo ago
Could someone ELI5 what this does?
- kls0e 9mo agocreative platform use
- litheon 9mo agoCommand and Control Server (C2) refers to the infrastructure required to command and control malware of various forms. The author basically found a creative use of Hinge’s infrastructure and proved it could be used to control malware.
- lisbbb 9mo agoBut the malware was encoded as an image, how is it runnable on the target's smartphone?
- richbell 9mo agoThe purpose of command and control servers is to send and receive data to victims devices. A secondary goal is to do so while evading detection. This is why many threat actors piggy-back off of legitimate services, it disguises the malware communications and avoids directly exposing the upstream C2 instance.
- tanduv 9mo ago> Congratulations! You're now using Hinge to distribute unassuming abstract expressionist pixel art.