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cm0002@lemmy.world to Golang@programming.dev · 11 days ago

wget to Wipeout: Malicious Go Modules Fetch Destructive Payload

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wget to Wipeout: Malicious Go Modules Fetch Destructive Payload

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cm0002@lemmy.world to Golang@programming.dev · 11 days ago
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Socket's research uncovers three dangerous Go modules that contain obfuscated disk-wiping malware, threatening complete data loss.
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    Interesting that it sounds like it is immediately overwriting the whole primary drive rather than trying to exfiltrate any data (or anything else) first

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