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.