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Fake "Leaked" GTA VI Build Hides Malware in 113 GB of Empty Code (www.techpowerup.com)

submitted 2 days ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mostly that the malware has a much higher chance of escaping containment on a Windows install, because it's designed to attack Windows.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Do you not know what loading a recovery snap shot does? It doesn’t matter if it escapes. Whatever was new is removed since it’s restoring your harddrive to a previous state. It’s like a backup harddrive, without being external.

There’s ways for the malware to disable recovery mode, but I would assume the same could happen to Linux as well.