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		nullbyte808 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DOOM Over DNS Malware could still use DNS records for storage and access to bootstrapped payloads correct?

thesuitonym 25 days ago | [–]

Yes, but it's not a problem, any more than downloading any arbitrary text is. You'd still have to have something execute the binary.

k_roy 25 days ago | | [–]

If anything, this would be more of a way to act as a command and control server

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