4chan, the notorious internet message board, has been hacked. This isn’t some minor security breach; this involved a cleverly executed exploit leveraging a vulnerability that highlights the site’s outdated infrastructure. The attack apparently centered around a seemingly innocuous PDF file uploaded to a board that allowed such uploads. This PDF, however, contained malicious code written in PHP, which upon execution granted the attacker near-complete control over the system. The outdated nature of 4chan’s systems, seemingly untouched since at least 2014, is being cited as a major contributing factor to the successful hack.
The attacker’s methods seem remarkably simple, focusing on a well-known vulnerability in PDF handling.… Continue reading
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