cm0002@lemmy.world to cybersecurity@infosec.pub · 18 days agoInvestigating USB-to-Ethernet Dongles With “Malware” Claimshackaday.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down12
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minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·edit-218 days agoTL;DR It’s not malware. The sandboxes flagging this as malware are doing it because the dongle is installing a driver. Like it should do. Erik Parker did a video reverse engineering the installer and shows the driver doing what it should. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY87l_uSIuA
minus-squareSteamymoomilk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoAwwwwh no funny red head dancing man on my computer?? :(
TL;DR
It’s not malware. The sandboxes flagging this as malware are doing it because the dongle is installing a driver. Like it should do.
Erik Parker did a video reverse engineering the installer and shows the driver doing what it should.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY87l_uSIuA
Awwwwh no funny red head dancing man on my computer?? :(