This picture can hack your computer

[Kuroneko]

This article is a couple of years old, but the present "environment" got me thinking. While I was aware of Steganography, which is a technique used to hide messages and contents within a digital graphic image, I was unaware it could be used as a method of hacking.



Next time when someone sends you a photo of a cute cat or a hot chick than be careful before you click on the image to view — it might hack your machine. Yes, the normal looking images could hack your computers — thanks to a technique discovered by security researcher Saumil Shah from India. Dubbed "Stegosploit," the technique lets hackers hide malicious code inside the pixels of an image, hiding a malware exploit in plain sight to infect target victims.

Just look at the image and you are HACKED! https://thehackernews.com/2015/06/Stego ... lware.html

Here's Saumil Shas's presentation of the subject https://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf ... ctures.pdf

Quite a bit of info on the net on the subject, if you're interested.

Steganography as a threat – fairytale or fact?http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cg ... ontext=adf

[Pantsdragon]

That presentation is an eyesore, but it’s an interesting topic. Shows how much power our web browsers have.