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Questions tagged [infection-vector]

Infection vectors are methods and channels used by attackers to infect computer systems.

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Can malware be transferred from an Android device to a Desktop computer?

I am curious if it's possible for Malware to be transferred from an Android device to a Desktop Computer. In my situation I had detected malware on my android device via Lookout, and promptly deleted the infected app; however I had already opened…
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HTML Copy Paste To Get Info From Infected Computer

I saw this popular question and I was wondering if my solution was secure/would be of any help for trying to save any source code written on the machine and prevent attacks: Run the computer on a local network. Copy the code into a file with…
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Help understanding malware infection

I'm kind of a newbie to security and need help fully understanding how I would infect myself inadvertently. Let's say I was to download a .zip file attached to an email and I unzipped the contents. It's my understanding that the only way my computer…
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How unsafe is a USB flash drive vs DVD for OS (Tails linux)?

Compared to a DVD live Tails Linux, how unsafe is using the USB version? I'm trying to help a friend who for years has been mired in the laborious iterative process of remastering their own DVDs of Knoppix in the name of security. The use…
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Who can read our customers email and try to hack our mailserver

To ease tracking replies and bounces, we send automated emails such as - order confirmations, password recovery, etc with a unique sender address typically like this FROM sup-[custno]-[invno]-[hash]@sup.ourdom.tld Now I see failed login attempts to…
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Is it a coincidence that I received phishing emails for PayPal after I made a large deposit?

I recently made a very large deposit into a PayPal account. Not long after (a day or two), I have received phishing emails to steal my PayPal information. The deposit came from eToro (I pulled out some investments) and I received an email confirming…
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What kinds of PE file infection can AV software detect?

I wonder what kind of infections AV software is capable of detecting: only if the file is signed? also if the entry point isn't changed? does it also have hashes for non system files? what if the signature is simply removed?
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How safe is the VirtualBox NAT network adapter option?

I had an Ubuntu VM running and I was using Firefox in it to look at tutorials; then my antivirus detected an attempt to forcefully install a fake Java Upgrader. From what I know about the VirtualBox NAT option for the network adapter... in fact,…
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Do viruses spread by infecting other files on an infected machine?

Suppose malware lands and executes on a computer. Could this malware attempt to spread further by writing itself to data files (images, pdfs, docs) and hoping that the owner would transfer or upload these files somewhere. Like adding payload to…
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If a malware infects a usb, will formatting remove it?

My computer probably had malware. Decided to install linux and do a disc wipe using a linux distro called Pop!_OS (ubuntu based) Can a piece of malware/virus inject itself into an ISO According to the above SecuritySE post, it's an unlikely…
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Is it possible for malware to infect google drive?

If I move a malicious file to Google drive, can my other files there get infected? Or can my google account itself get compromised?
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Can malware go from a computer to an android phone

My computer (probably) had malware, and during that time I connected my phone to it (via USB) for transferring files, using as midi, etc. Is there a chance the malware could've spread from the computer to my phone? I don't see any scam popups or…
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How to trace script injection/infection in php app

This is about a PHP7.4 based shopping platform (opencart (v3.0)). For testing purposes I had a dummy set up at site.com/xyz. The admin page of that was site.com/xyz/admin. The login and pw for the admin page was also admin. I know, but the purpose…
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Can a batch file download a file to infect a computer?

Is it possible to write a batch script that can download some code from the web and infect a computer? Can you explain it briefly?
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Can my Mac be affected without running the malware?

Can my Mac be affected by malware without running it? For instance, if I download a random file, but don't open it, can it infect my computer?
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