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Post: Imgur 0-day exploit used as botnet
09-22-2015, 02:18 PM #1
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Saw this on Reddit and thought it was interesting. Basically someone found an exploit in Imgur that let them upload an image injected with a payload that contains some code/other files. What did they do with this exploit? Used it to open tons of other images from both 4chan and/or 8chan when the user views the hacked images and posted it on said sites, thus creating a DDoS attack. Pretty neat stuff.

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09-22-2015, 02:32 PM #2
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Originally posted by Big
Saw this on Reddit and thought it was interesting. Basically someone found an exploit in Imgur that let them upload an image injected with a payload that contains some code/other files. What did they do with this exploit? Used it to open tons of other images from both 4chan and/or 8chan when the user views the hacked images and posted it on said sites, thus creating a DDoS attack. Pretty neat stuff.

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das some spooky shit Badass
09-22-2015, 02:49 PM #3
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Originally posted by Big
Saw this on Reddit and thought it was interesting. Basically someone found an exploit in Imgur that let them upload an image injected with a payload that contains some code/other files. What did they do with this exploit? Used it to open tons of other images from both 4chan and/or 8chan when the user views the hacked images and posted it on said sites, thus creating a DDoS attack. Pretty neat stuff.

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I was reading about that earlier this morning. Thought it was kinda slick how they went about it.
09-22-2015, 02:59 PM #4
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i did this Drack
09-22-2015, 03:49 PM #5
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Originally posted by Big
Saw this on Reddit and thought it was interesting. Basically someone found an exploit in Imgur that let them upload an image injected with a payload that contains some code/other files. What did they do with this exploit? Used it to open tons of other images from both 4chan and/or 8chan when the user views the hacked images and posted it on said sites, thus creating a DDoS attack. Pretty neat stuff.

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thats some crazy shit
09-22-2015, 06:10 PM #6
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Wow....

Credit to them. Guessing it was easy to find the source of the attack given how it was linked an image.
09-22-2015, 06:49 PM #7
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is it patched?
09-22-2015, 07:46 PM #8
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Lol Damn people know now.
09-22-2015, 09:23 PM #9
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Originally posted by Big
Saw this on Reddit and thought it was interesting. Basically someone found an exploit in Imgur that let them upload an image injected with a payload that contains some code/other files. What did they do with this exploit? Used it to open tons of other images from both 4chan and/or 8chan when the user views the hacked images and posted it on said sites, thus creating a DDoS attack. Pretty neat stuff.

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09-23-2015, 11:02 AM #10
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Originally posted by Big
Saw this on Reddit and thought it was interesting. Basically someone found an exploit in Imgur that let them upload an image injected with a payload that contains some code/other files. What did they do with this exploit? Used it to open tons of other images from both 4chan and/or 8chan when the user views the hacked images and posted it on said sites, thus creating a DDoS attack. Pretty neat stuff.

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