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[Reddit] Valheim official discord was taken over and distributed malware (old.reddit.com)
submitted 9 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

How do you get malware via discord?

[–] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Compromised admin accounts post links to malware.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Simple example:

Hey everyone, download this mod, which integrates with the discord server: http://totally-not-mal.warez

[–] Nighed@sffa.community 4 points 9 months ago

Even better if you use the new .zip tld as valheim mods are (probably?) Zips?

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

By downloading/clicking on every link you see without any thinking of what it is, why its being shared, etc.

[–] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

On a hugely popular discord, you can't expect everyone to have a personal relationship with an admin so they can tell or verify when an official post is less than official.

I would absolutely fake the style of post the admin usually does if I decided to spread something in a server.

That being said, users should think about the source of stuff they do download.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

Click on all the things.

[–] Iapar@feddit.de 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 4 points 9 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Here is a detailed explanation how it all went down.

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

That's a really good breakdown, thanks for posting!