There was a brief moment in time when I clicked on the wrong Weird Al remix I found on Limewire and someone decided to use my computer to store and seed their games. Got to play a bunch of things I didn't have the money for. Good guy hacker?
Like saying the malware is hiding in the code through obfuscation, and only by going through the code base with a fine tooth comb (symbolised by the magnifying glass) could you discover it.
That's precisely what it is. It's exactly what you want in a stock image. It straightforwardly, simply conveys a concept without really leaving much room for interpretation. This is an image that's intended to be used in some poor IT guys lousy malware powerpoint presentation to a non-IT department, and it's absolutely appropriate for that context.
But the smug "hurr-durr, that's not how binary works" delivers more dopamine.
13 Comments
anyhow2503@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
The hackers are gonna ram som' wares into my computer without my consent 😰
spamfajitas@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
There was a brief moment in time when I clicked on the wrong Weird Al remix I found on Limewire and someone decided to use my computer to store and seed their games. Got to play a bunch of things I didn't have the money for. Good guy hacker?
TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip · 6 pts · 2y
I like to imagine that your Limewire Weird Al fan pulled up their hoodie and said "I'm in", as accordion music played hauntingly in the background
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de · 20 pts · 2y
I just managed to pull the Ethernet plug before the
RAMSOMWAREbits made it through. I should count myself lucky it glows red.slazer2au@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
That is why I am a proponent of fibre to the desktop, you can see the bad red bits travel through the cable.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 2y
Surely this is just using an image as an analogy?
Like saying the malware is hiding in the code through obfuscation, and only by going through the code base with a fine tooth comb (symbolised by the magnifying glass) could you discover it.
Or not I don’t know.
lingh0e@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
That's precisely what it is. It's exactly what you want in a stock image. It straightforwardly, simply conveys a concept without really leaving much room for interpretation. This is an image that's intended to be used in some poor IT guys lousy malware powerpoint presentation to a non-IT department, and it's absolutely appropriate for that context.
But the smug "hurr-durr, that's not how binary works" delivers more dopamine.
CausticFlames@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 2y
Optimism is good... but i doubt that level of basic understanding exists for the creator, lol
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y
I prefer optimism than superiority!
gon@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
More like handsomeware!!!
Prater@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
So this is how I check for malicious code on GitHub. It all seems so obvious now.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I heard the QI music in my head
UnhingedFridge@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
"I need you to install Anydecks"