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Cyber Scarecrow

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606 points toby_tw | 1 comments | 18 Jun 24 08:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.289s | source
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thrdbndndn ◴[18 Jun 24 09:30 UTC] No.40715674[source]▶
One of the reference in "How does it work" [1] mentioned that some hackers will not mess with computers with Russian keyboard, so you can add one to reduce your chance of getting hacked.

Hilarious aside, it would only work if you don't actually use multiple keyboard -- otherwise an additional one would make switching between multiple keyboards very annoying [*].

It also mentions some other changes like adding RU keywords to your registry. Again, these measures would have many side effects since lots of software actually use these registry entries for legit reasons. So I don't know if this Cyber Scarecrow product would have this problem, since it does modify registry, too.

1: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/try-this-one-weird-trick...

*: A little rant: as someone who use three virtual keyboards (English, Chinese, Japanese), it is already a pain in ass to switch them since MS does not follow "last used" switching order (like alt+tab). Instead, it just switches in one direction.

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1. poincaredisk ◴[18 Jun 24 11:52 UTC] No.40716678[source]▶
Small correction: not "some hackers", but some malware families (the difference being that the check is automatic). And honestly, not "some" but "most of them" :).

Though I often see this implemented by calling GetKeyboardLayout, so this will only work if you actually use the Russian (or neighbourly) layout when malware detonation happens.