Comment on YouTube is silently deleting uploaded SRV3 (styled) subtitlesComments−ompogUe7moNot sure on their reasoning, but subtitle files _are_ an attack vector:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-one-batt...https://mashable.com/article/subtitles-hackers−quietsegfault7moI mean, it’s sort of a vector. The malware itself can only be executed if you click a suspicious .lnk file. The moral here isn’t that subtitles are a “vector”, but to not indiscriminately run scripts.
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Not sure on their reasoning, but subtitle files _are_ an attack vector:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-one-batt...
https://mashable.com/article/subtitles-hackers
I mean, it’s sort of a vector. The malware itself can only be executed if you click a suspicious .lnk file. The moral here isn’t that subtitles are a “vector”, but to not indiscriminately run scripts.