A new report links over 500 weaponized SVGs to a phishing campaign that spoofed a Colombian government portal.

Scalable vector graphics (.svg) files are lightweight, XML-based images that render at any resolution. They’re usually harmless, but they can also contain active code, and hackers appear to be relying on them more often as a means to stealthily deliver malware.

    • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Nice.
      Perhaps would be useful for someone making a Lemmy Client.

      My thoughts were more in the lines of:

      • Firefox probably supports the JS in SVG
      • I would expect Inkscape to not execute the JS, but let it be when edited and saved.
      • For normal viewers on the desktop, I’d expect JS to be fully ignored.