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606 points toby_tw | 1 comments | 18 Jun 24 08:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.239s | source
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scosman ◴[18 Jun 24 08:25 UTC] No.40715334[source]▶
Fun concept.

If the creators read this, I suggest some ways of building trust. There’s no “about us”, no GitHub link, etc. It’s a random webpage that wants my personal details, and sends me a “exe”. The overlap of people who understand what this tool does, and people who would run that “exe” is pretty small.

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vmfunction ◴[18 Jun 24 08:32 UTC] No.40715364[source]▶
It is a cat and mouse game. And security by obscurity practice. Not saying it won't work, but if it is open sourced, how long before the malware will catch on?

Here is one on github:

https://github.com/NavyTitanium/Fake-Sandbox-Artifacts

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port19 ◴[18 Jun 24 10:44 UTC] No.40716144[source]▶
I'd be willing to bet good money that 99% of malware authors won't adapt, since 99% (more like 99.999%) of the billions of worldwide windows users will not have this installed.

For the cat to care about the mouse it needs to at least be a good appetizer.

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1. dylan604 ◴[18 Jun 24 13:29 UTC] No.40717629[source]▶
If I were to run a Windows computer, I wouldn't care what 99.999% of other people didn't do to make their computer safe. If it were something that I could do, then that's good enough for me. However, the best thing one can do to protect themselves from Windows malware is to not use Windows. This is the path I've chosen for myself