🔒 keep getting a unicodecodeError when trying to decode bytes in utf-8

[sage lodge]

result = con.recv(1024).decode("utf-8")
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x82 in position 78: invalid start byte
what the connection is receiving is bytes

[harsh crow]

@sage lodge

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[woven spade]

!d bytes.decode

[harsh crow]

bytes.decode

bytes.decode(encoding='utf-8', errors='strict')``````py

bytearray.decode(encoding='utf-8', errors='strict')```
Return the bytes decoded to a [`str`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str).

*encoding* defaults to `'utf-8'`; see [Standard Encodings](https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#standard-encodings) for possible values.

*errors* controls how decoding errors are handled. If `'strict'` (the default), a [`UnicodeError`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#UnicodeError) exception is raised. Other possible values are `'ignore'`, `'replace'`, and any other name registered via [`codecs.register_error()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#codecs.register_error). See [Error Handlers](https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#error-handlers) for details.

For performance reasons, the value of *errors* is not checked for validity unless a decoding error actually occurs, [Python Development Mode](https://docs.python.org/3/library/devmode.html#devmode) is enabled or a [debug build](https://docs.python.org/3/using/configure.html#debug-build) is used.

Note

Passing the *encoding* argument to [`str`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str) allows decoding any [bytes\-like object](https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object) directly, without needing to make a temporary `bytes` or `bytearray` object.

[woven spade]

try changing errors to "ignore"

[sage lodge]

i did

but most of the output is just bytes

[woven spade]

so?

[woven spade]

show the output

and whats con.recv

[sage lodge]

its a listener

[woven spade]

!paste

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[woven spade]

lemme see the code

[sage lodge]

alr

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[sage lodge]

import socket
IP = "blank"
PORT = 4444
listener = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)
listener.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET,socket.SO_REUSEADDR,1)
listener.bind((IP,PORT))
listener.listen(0)
print("[+] waiting for incoming connections...")
con, addr = listener.accept()
print(f"[+] connection detected from {addr}")
while True:
    command = input(">>")
    con.send(command.encode("utf-8"))
    result = con.recv(1024).decode("utf-8")
    print(result)

@woven spadeit works now ty for ur time

its really choppy tho

[woven spade]

whats this for?

[sage lodge]

a listener for a backdoor

[woven spade]

[sage lodge]

it sends commands and the backdoor executes them and sends the output

[woven spade]

<@&831776746206265384> "a listener for a backdoor"

[haughty glade]

💀

[woven spade]

!rule 5

[harsh crow]

Rules

5. Do not provide or request help on projects that may violate terms of service, or that may be deemed inappropriate, malicious, or illegal.

[sage lodge]

its mine tho

[woven spade]

mf just confessed straight away

[sage lodge]

its my computer?

[haughty glade]

It's like he didn't even try to hide it

[woven spade]

"a listener for a backdoor" is a really bad way of saying "a remote connection to my pc when i'm out"

[sage lodge]

its on my pc.

[woven spade]

yeah but we have no idea if you're gonna use that for other pcs

[sage lodge]

i get it but i saw a guy asking for advice for a RAT so i thought it was ok

[potent tapir]

Where? This is explicity against our rules

[sage lodge]

in the cybersecurity section

[potent tapir]

And they were told not to

[sage lodge]

idk i just thought it was allowed as long as it wasn't used for sum bad

[potent tapir]

Unfortunately we don't have any way of being able to verify that, so we don't provide help on any potentially malicious software, sorry

[sage lodge]

my fault

[potent tapir]

No worries, thanks for understanding

?close

[summer egret]

This is not a Modmail thread.

[potent tapir]

!close

[harsh crow]

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