This. Just, this.
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@neurovagrant @cstross @unknownbinaries I have that as a QR code on the underside of my laptop…
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@cstross not a QR code, but human readable. Not a malware, but legal language, so arguably worse than malware:
Refers to German privacy laws related to photographing people.
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@cstross Didn't expect to see this again, could you provide the original source?
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@cstross AI data centers are this at scale. Only, they are reducing the whole planet to a useless brick.
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@cstross it should be called the Medusa virus.
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@cstross
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@neurovagrant @cstross @unknownbinaries I have that as a QR code on the underside of my laptop…
@neurovagrant @cstross @unknownbinaries anyone nosey enough to scan it deserves all they get
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@cstross just remember not to take any selfies, amirite?
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@cstross oh, but this exists. someone on here did a small batch of sew-on patches a few years ago that were QR codes of the EICAR test file. we have a couple...
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@cstross oh, but this exists. someone on here did a small batch of sew-on patches a few years ago that were QR codes of the EICAR test file. we have a couple...
@cstross it isn't technically a virus, it's a file that virus scanners per their spec are supposed to treat as if it's a virus. so, for example, if a badly-written surveillance camera decodes the QR code and stores it in a way that a virus scanner can see (which is not what it should do, but...), then the virus scanner will quarantine the file which may break the camera
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@neurovagrant @cstross @unknownbinaries How big a zip bomb can you get in one, anyway? And can you fit the EICAR string in an unpleasantly long way in?...
@flippac @neurovagrant @cstross @unknownbinaries if you're executing arbitrary code from a QR code, I think a zip bomb is the least of your worries.
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@cstross it isn't technically a virus, it's a file that virus scanners per their spec are supposed to treat as if it's a virus. so, for example, if a badly-written surveillance camera decodes the QR code and stores it in a way that a virus scanner can see (which is not what it should do, but...), then the virus scanner will quarantine the file which may break the camera
@cstross that said, to know whether it actually works and when would require a lot of testing, which to our knowledge nobody has done
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@flippac @neurovagrant @cstross @unknownbinaries if you're executing arbitrary code from a QR code, I think a zip bomb is the least of your worries.
@earthshine @neurovagrant @cstross @unknownbinaries it doesn't need to be executed - just mishandled by careless AV
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@cstross my phone does not automatically scan QR codes, is this a feature on newer phones?
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@flippac @neurovagrant @cstross @unknownbinaries if you're executing arbitrary code from a QR code, I think a zip bomb is the least of your worries.
@earthshine @flippac @neurovagrant @unknownbinaries QR code to download a PDF containing Javascript (which the PDF standard now incorporates) to dynamically generate a zip bomb containing infinite copies of itself.
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@cstross my phone does not automatically scan QR codes, is this a feature on newer phones?
@Jmvars If so, it's a mis-feature. (iOS recognizes QR codes but then tells you to tap to confirm you want to open the URL it points to.)
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@neurovagrant @trainguyrom @anotherdaniel @cstross @unknownbinaries I am not saying that a huge grocery store chain in norway is vulnerable to this "attack" in their self service tills, I would not know anything about that, no need to ask any further questions
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@cstross Fuck yeah, I want one too and accessories as well!
