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DISCORD WILL SWITCH TO TEMPORARY FILE LINKS TO BLOCK MALWARE DELIVERY

bleepingcomputer.com2 min read

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Discord will switch to temporary file links for all users by the end of the year to prevent attackers from using its CDN to host and distribute malware. All links to files uploaded to Discord servers will expire after 24 hours after the change rolls out. The new links will come with three parameters that will add expiration timestamps and unique signatures that will remain valid until the links expire, preventing the use of Discord's CDN for permanent file hosting.