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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by mrkrabo on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:27AM (#14794852)
Observation: I suppose it's some kind of meme in this industry that in this kind of posts they take screenshots from MS-DOS editors opening the malware.
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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by kbart on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @04:04AM (#14794996)
That's Hiew[0], a popular hex editor for Windows. These screenshots looks legitimate.

0. http://www.hiew.ru

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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by grecy on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:44AM (#14794925)
Just like young men sneaking around and wearing black face masks in stories about "hacking"
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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by teniutza on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:52AM (#14794954)
You mean this guy https://www.troyhunt.com/is-this-hooded-cyber-bandit-the-web... ?
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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by grecy on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @04:29AM (#14795096)
I was think worse, like this:

http://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/icloud-sc...

http://www.jordantimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/news_i...

etc

Usually show men in black clothes trying to climb in windows, etc.

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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by croon on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @05:01AM (#14795193)
I'm not sure what's most offensive between the paper mask and the URL using backslashes.
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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by grecy on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @05:06AM (#14795218)
I really like "your.bank"

I wonder how many people would believe that works.

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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @06:12AM (#14795430)
With current new global TLDs? Why not?
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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by mrkrabo on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @07:52AM (#14795773)
https://your.bank
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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by _ao789 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @04:08AM (#14795010)
Best article ever :D
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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by technofiend on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:36PM (#14799392)
Of course.. I do all mine on tip toes with my arms drawn up like Nosferatu. It makes it hard to type, but you can't be too careful.
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