I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raided (2015)

Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by mattbk1 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:31AM (#21992880)

Would it be possible to hide an exploit or test in a Word doc or image? I suppose they could have planted the image there with some steganographic encryption, and if the author was clever enough to find another link and click it, he would alert authorities to that fact?

This sounds farfetched when I write it out.

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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by darkwater on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:33AM (#21992902)

I would reuse an already existing files on the hard drive to do that instead of adding a new one.

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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by martin-adams on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:01PM (#21993258)

By adding a new file, it piques curiosity, or triggers communication to the person in the photo to let them know that they're on to them.

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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by Shendare on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:33PM (#21993668)

Plausible line of thought.

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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by darkwater on Friday January 10, 2020 @08:59AM (#22010920)

I was thinking about this too but, at least in my case, would make me doubt about it.

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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by chelmzy on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:01PM (#21993259)

Its common to use Word macros to install malware.

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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by Shendare on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:31PM (#21993654)

Though in this case mitigated by the split between .docx (macro-less) documents and .docm (macro-enabled).

Either file type can also be unzipped and have their contents inspected for anything suspicious.

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