Hackers Can Hide Images in Text Data and Embeds Directly into DNS TXT Records (cybersecuritynews.com)
from cm0002@lemmy.world to cybersecurity@infosec.pub on 17 Jun 18:58
https://lemmy.world/post/31546859

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wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works on 17 Jun 19:10 next collapse

How is this novel exactly? TXT is, and always has been, free form. It’s the whole point. And converting a jpg to base64 isn’t exactly ground breaking…

remotelove@lemmy.ca on 17 Jun 20:07 collapse

It looks like the site is just AI generated crap based off of blog posts it scraped. “Cyber Security News” is about as generic as it gets.

dotslashme@infosec.pub on 17 Jun 20:13 collapse

Agreed, the title is unnecessarily click-baity as well, since it had nothing to do with hacking specifically.

bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 17 Jun 19:58 next collapse

You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn’t stop to think if you should.

kbal@fedia.io on 17 Jun 19:16 collapse

Why would anyone want to do that? Wouldn't it be more fun to hide your super-secret image in the innocuous-looking threads dot net profile text of hundreds of users?