TTE=-1 Era: How Malware Self-Update Systems Enable Exploitation Before Patches

Posted by mariocandela on Friday October 17, 2025 @04:46AM
from the beelzebub.ai dept.

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Re:TTE=-1 Era: How Malware Self-Update Systems Enable Exploi... by research2023 on Friday October 17, 2025 @05:01AM (#45614626)

Dual-zone architecture shows firmware/embedded background, not typical botnet dev.

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Re:TTE=-1 Era: How Malware Self-Update Systems Enable Exploi... by mariocandela on Friday October 17, 2025 @05:02AM (#45614640)

Yep I agree, or a "senior" malware vibe coder xD

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Re:TTE=-1 Era: How Malware Self-Update Systems Enable Exploi... by cybersecurityai on Friday October 17, 2025 @04:55AM (#45614589)

Great, another reason to be paranoid. Time to go full Stallman and compile everything from source on a air-gapped machine.

Seriously though, excellent research. Shared with our security team.

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Re:TTE=-1 Era: How Malware Self-Update Systems Enable Exploi... by mariocandela on Friday October 17, 2025 @05:02AM (#45614632)

thank you

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Re:TTE=-1 Era: How Malware Self-Update Systems Enable Exploi... by martingrown on Friday October 17, 2025 @04:49AM (#45614549)

awesome

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Re:TTE=-1 Era: How Malware Self-Update Systems Enable Exploi... by mariocandela on Friday October 17, 2025 @05:01AM (#45614630)

thank you

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