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[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Technically speaking it is hidden in a SRT subtitle file, but it's not the like you can execute the SRT file, since it's just text.

If you are downloading pirates movies, it makes sense to not click on on random stuff in the torrent/download that's clearly not a media file.

[–] aaaa@piefed.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The whole exploit is based on the user clicking on a .lnk shortcut, which then executes commands found in the subtitle text file.

Which seems strangely over complicated. How does it really help to involve the subtitles file at all?

[–] arti@friendica.world 1 points 4 days ago

@aaaa if a sufficient amount of vics does exactly that it may work out (like bit error domains, or: artefact of speering vic)

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Hiding executable code in the srt file likely evades various security software.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Couldn't even include the real movie... that's just rude.