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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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[–] 2 points 8 months ago*

Running arbitrary text from the internet through an interpreter.. what could possibly go wrong.

I need to set up a website with

fork while 1

...Just so I can (try to) convince people to

curl | perl

it

...rhyme intended.

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