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A sneaky demonstration of the dangers of curl bash (blog.k3can.us)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I set up a quick demonstration to show risks of curl|bash and how a bad-actor could potentially hide a malicious script that appears safe.

It's nothing new or groundbreaking, but I figure it never hurts to have another reminder.

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[–] -1 points 8 months ago (5 children)

This helped a lot. I had no clue I could post the curl string in the URL bar of a browser to view the script. Thanks for the education!

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    You had no idea you could paste a url into a browser's location bar ?

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I wasn't looking to get roasted for not knowing something. Guess that teaches me something else. Fuck people and thanking them for Shar something I didn't know. 

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I think the general response is from confusion over what you could possibly have been using the url bar for in your browser if you didn't know you could put urls there.

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