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Title: Beware of this kind of PMs! Post by: notaek on March 12, 2016, 06:57:36 PM What happened::
Received this pm a few minutes ago: https://i.imgur.com/PJnar1G.png The link is about this topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1314653.0 But the actual link masking beneath it: Code: http://bitcointaik.org/index.php?topic=1325758.0 It'll redirect you to a login page where, if you enter your login credentials will lead to a compromise. Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=386326 Additional Notes: Be sure to check the actual link by hovering onto a clickable text before exploring it. And never click on links sent by a newbie. BTW, thanks Lutpin for the warning. Title: Re: Beware of this kind of PMs! Post by: Lutpin on March 12, 2016, 07:00:59 PM We're getting these more often lately, it seems.
That kind of phishing has been around for a long time, but the last weeks, a lot of threads about it pop up. redsn0w reported a similar PM just some minutes ago (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1396073.0). I'd advice you to report the PM, if you haven't already done that. Title: Re: Beware of this kind of PMs! Post by: notaek on March 12, 2016, 07:03:06 PM We're getting these more often lately, it seems. That kind of phishing has been around for a long time, but the last weeks, a lot of threads about it pop up. redsn0w reported a similar PM just some minutes ago (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1396073.0). I'd advice you to report the PM, if you haven't already done that. Yeah, that's done already. Title: Re: Beware of this kind of PMs! Post by: Zeke2345 on March 12, 2016, 07:04:51 PM I would have fell for it,reason I try to stick to not clicking on any links in the forum. Just not knowledgeable enough about these type of things.
Watch me get a ton of messages now. :o Looks like the newbie warning helped a little in this situation though. Title: Re: Beware of this kind of PMs! Post by: notaek on March 12, 2016, 07:12:21 PM Code: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Title: Re: Beware of this kind of PMs! Post by: Lutpin on March 12, 2016, 07:16:19 PM Code: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Bitcoin signed message checks out aswell. Title: Re: Beware of this kind of PMs! Post by: moneybat on March 12, 2016, 09:15:57 PM So the mods/admins don't care to block this link or make turn it to a [suspicious link]? seems this is one way people are getting hacked and its been around awhile now
Title: Re: Beware of this kind of PMs! Post by: specturul on March 12, 2016, 09:18:11 PM but if come from the forum with same url... how it can redirect to another login page?
Title: Re: Beware of this kind of PMs! Post by: Lutpin on March 12, 2016, 09:23:12 PM with same url... Because it's not the same URL.It's taking advantage of the lookalike between an upper case i/I and an lower case l/L in some fonts. Also, they are trying to hide the different url using bbcode. Code: [url=scam link here]real link here[/url] Title: Re: Beware of this kind of PMs! Post by: specturul on March 13, 2016, 05:11:14 AM with same url... Because it's not the same URL.It's taking advantage of the lookalike between an upper case i/I and an lower case l/L in some fonts. Also, they are trying to hide the different url using bbcode. Code: [url=scam link here]real link here[/url] ok thank you for explanation.... nick name seems italian: Benito = Benito Mussolini! (Finito) = (Ended - It's Over) Title: Re: Beware of this kind of PMs! Post by: bitbaby on March 13, 2016, 05:25:37 AM Reported that site here : https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/
If others do it too, that will add a warning when someone visits that page accidentally. There's a firefox addon to show real hyperlinks, forgot the name of it. This might be it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/url-tooltip/ Quote Display the destination URL when hovering cursor over a link. Show link URLs without looking at status bar. Useful when disabling status bar to gain extra screen space or for full screen browsing. * Show hyperlink destination |
