I thought of making this post because scammers and hackers are trying now a different way to steal your account with the typical giveaway or raffle of sorts.
All names will be blacked out in accordance with Terms of Service. This is for educational purposes only.
First and foremost, they will send you a tell, however this time it will be linked to somewhere else, now a safe website we know: in my case, it was official Twitch website.
While looking at this, you might be compelled to agree this looks legit.
Looking further into their "About" page, it shows an actual forum link.
Before you even attempt to click this, this is an obfuscated link to make it look legit. The moment you hover over the link, you will see the real one. Going to the actual forum link leads to nowhere.
Analyzing it with VirusTotal shows exactly how it behaves, marked by multiple antiviruses as malware. This "website" redirects to a fake forum copy with those strange links that tend to end in .com-h.nl or something similar.
This is not a safe forum website. This is a phishing link meant to steal your account since it also bypasses 2fa
Remember kids, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. Never click those links. They will use safe websites to lure in people, stuff like Twitch, Youtube, even Carrd websites.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Stay safe out there.
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All names will be blacked out in accordance with Terms of Service. This is for educational purposes only.
First and foremost, they will send you a tell, however this time it will be linked to somewhere else, now a safe website we know: in my case, it was official Twitch website.
While looking at this, you might be compelled to agree this looks legit.
Looking further into their "About" page, it shows an actual forum link.
Before you even attempt to click this, this is an obfuscated link to make it look legit. The moment you hover over the link, you will see the real one. Going to the actual forum link leads to nowhere.
Analyzing it with VirusTotal shows exactly how it behaves, marked by multiple antiviruses as malware. This "website" redirects to a fake forum copy with those strange links that tend to end in .com-h.nl or something similar.
This is not a safe forum website. This is a phishing link meant to steal your account since it also bypasses 2fa
Remember kids, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. Never click those links. They will use safe websites to lure in people, stuff like Twitch, Youtube, even Carrd websites.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Stay safe out there.
Continue reading...