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Dark Souls 3 & Elden Ring “doomsday scenario” RCE hack discovered


Source: FROM Software

A startling discovery took place on Friday, after a streamer was a victim of what appears to be a Remote Code Execution (RCE) attack in Dark Souls 3 live on stream. In the clip, the streamer experiences a hack that can be seen crashing his game, after which Powershell reportedly opened up and ran a script that trash-talked the player using Microsoft text-to-speech.

 

 

According to a message linked in the SpeedSouls Discord server, only one non-malicious person to public knowledge currently knows how to execute this code, and they are working to bring attention to the developers regarding this issue. The hack has been demonstrated but is not widespread yet.

 

In that message referenced in the server, a user who goes by the name Princess Slut stated: “A person who isn’t malicious discovered a new RCE method, and tried to contact From about it through multiple channels. They ignored him. In an attempt to raise awareness to it so that it would be fixed (as this is a SEVERE security flaw), he did a live benign showcase on stream. It didn’t leak. Nobody has it beside him.”

 

Princess Slut continued: “He is in contact with sfix so we can fix it on [Blue Sentinel] but this isn’t ideal, as the base product is insecure. We’re also thinking about Elden Ring as it will have that exploit as well. The attempts to get From’s attention and get an official fix for their exploits is what drives most of us.”

 

Source: Princess Slut

 

An IT specialist I talked to about the potential for this type of hack said: “This is literally the doomsday scenario, someone could completely destroy your computer beyond repair with this exploit… If people can run code on your computer, it is over, they can do anything they want.”

 

Among the things that hackers could carry out with an RCE exploit are:

 

  • Bricking your PC entirely
  • Stealing sensitive data and passwords stored on your PC
  • Executing malware on your PC
  • Using your PC to mine crypto-currency
  • Pretty much anything you can think of

 

We don’t know the extent of the RCE, is it probable that they can elevate permissions on the PC. It isn’t confirmed they can, but it is likely, according to experts I talked to…

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Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: Disinformation threat pushes Doomsday Clock closer to midnight – The Washington Post

Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: Disinformation threat pushes Doomsday Clock closer to midnight  The Washington Post
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