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starmanj
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"nzbdwinbeast2" keeps downloading

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SAB is acting weird- it keeps downloading "sabnzbdwinbeast2" folders containing:

config.json
cron.bat
cronget.bat
sabsznbd.exe
search_indexer.exe
winring0x64.sys

Anybody know what the heck is going on?
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Re: "nzbdwinbeast2" keeps downloading

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Looks like malware. :(

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Re: "nzbdwinbeast2" keeps downloading

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Jeez I had no idea SAB was so dangerous!
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Re: "nzbdwinbeast2" keeps downloading

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Sab is not. Your settings are.
See:
https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comment ... protected/
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Re: "nzbdwinbeast2" keeps downloading

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safihre wrote: April 15th, 2021, 11:47 am Sab is not. Your settings are.
See:
https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comment ... protected/
I have username/password and no access, and my system still downloaded it.
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Re: "nzbdwinbeast2" keeps downloading

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AtariBaby wrote: April 18th, 2021, 11:13 amI have username/password and no access, and my system still downloaded it.
All it takes for a script kiddie to download an nzb and modify script settings to run downloaded code, is a windows operating system plus remote access to the web interface (no user/pass or credentials known/guessed) or the api (api key known or disabled).

Note that if the web interface was at any time exposed to the internet without authentication, the apikey could simply have been read by an attacker at that time and still be used to access sab now - even if you have put a user/pass in place. An apikey could also be harvested from a hacked or malicious indexer if it was shared there for integration purposes.
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Re: "nzbdwinbeast2" keeps downloading

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jcfp wrote: April 18th, 2021, 11:41 am
AtariBaby wrote: April 18th, 2021, 11:13 amI have username/password and no access, and my system still downloaded it.
All it takes for a script kiddie to download an nzb and modify script settings to run downloaded code, is a windows operating system plus remote access to the web interface (no user/pass or credentials known/guessed) or the api (api key known or disabled).

Note that if the web interface was at any time exposed to the internet without authentication, the apikey could simply have been read by an attacker at that time and still be used to access sab now - even if you have put a user/pass in place. An apikey could also be harvested from a hacked or malicious indexer if it was shared there for integration purposes.
So should I change the password? reset the API?
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Re: "nzbdwinbeast2" keeps downloading

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Also I did some testing, and both Bitdefender and Malwarebytes detected and killed this thing.
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AtariBaby wrote: April 18th, 2021, 1:33 pm So should I change the password? reset the API?
Both.
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Did you maybe use nzbgeek? They were hacked a few months ago.
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Re: "nzbdwinbeast2" keeps downloading

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safihre wrote: April 18th, 2021, 1:59 pm Did you maybe use nzbgeek? They were hacked a few months ago.
I am a member. I checked and there appears to be no where to enter a sabnzbd api key. Plus I have 2FA on that site, if that matters. Maybe there was before the hack IDK. But I can change the sab api key and I changed my sab login password
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