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Social engineering and user-intervention
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<blockquote data-quote="Dirk41" data-source="post: 568029" data-attributes="member: 50939"><p>thank you for sharing your knowledge <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I saw/read that some attachment could be a zip with the malicious file inside.</p><p>some files could have double extension to pretend to be pdf for example ( pdf.exe )</p><p></p><p>so i was wondering..</p><p></p><p>1)could the attacker create a fake .zip (so the icon would be like winrar for example ) that is zip.exe ? so that it tricks you into thinking that as far as you don't click on the file into the zip you are ok?</p><p></p><p>2)or even more: could the attacker create a fake .zip that can be run with just one click?</p><p></p><p>thank you fo reading <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dirk41, post: 568029, member: 50939"] thank you for sharing your knowledge :) I saw/read that some attachment could be a zip with the malicious file inside. some files could have double extension to pretend to be pdf for example ( pdf.exe ) so i was wondering.. 1)could the attacker create a fake .zip (so the icon would be like winrar for example ) that is zip.exe ? so that it tricks you into thinking that as far as you don't click on the file into the zip you are ok? 2)or even more: could the attacker create a fake .zip that can be run with just one click? thank you fo reading :) [/QUOTE]
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