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ElectroArchiver
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> Be me
> Desperate for a driver
> Find nothing useful
> Oh a GitHub repo, hmmh
> '𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ===> tinyurl.com/XXXXXX'
> Nope
> It's time to report!

Context:

- The url is a redirect chain to a phishing site

- Repo is completely empty except for a single folder with 1000+ files all named after drivers, with the same 'download' link, and probably scraped website text at the bottom (probably to increase searchability)

- The 'user' joined just a couple days ago and has no other repos

rant

story

github

report

malicious

phishing
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  • 1
    209d
    Tinyurl is just a link shortener
  • 10
    209d
    @12bitfloat

    You might want to read the 'Context' section.

    > The url is a redirect chain to a phishing site

    Tinyurl was only the entry point~
  • 3
    209d
    @catgirldev I could just link you the repo so you would be able to take a look at the mess as well, do you want it?
  • 0
    209d
    How do you know its a phishing site ?

    It might just be someone who ( Like me.. ) collects drivers and sticks them in a folder for other folk to find when they need one !
  • 5
    209d
    @Nanos

    There are no drivers, only the same link 1000+ times redirecting you through 3 different hosts to a phishing site.
  • 2
    209d
    Interesting haha, wouldn't expect github to be used as a phishing trap :P
  • 4
    209d
    @Jifuna Well I guess any platform would do, but yeah, hope it will be gone soon~
  • 1
    209d
    True true, i wouldn't make a difference for a tech illiterate. Interested what kind of driver you were looking for tho?
  • 3
    209d
    @Jifuna just some printer drivers~
  • 2
    209d
    @ElectroArchiver haha, those are the worst if only there was a standard lol
  • 3
    209d
    @Jifuna I would love to learn about them, though I haven't found a good resource yet..
  • 6
    209d
    Desperate for a driver huh? Maybe call an uber? :)
  • 2
    209d
    @ostream nice one~
  • 1
    209d
    @ElectroArchiver I could send you a tinyurl? :P. Jk, not my field of expertise, have worked a while as a tech support for old people and print drivers always were a pain in the ass.
  • 2
    209d
    @ElectroArchiver sorry for the dad joke /: I had to
  • 0
    208d
    @catgirldev can I haz that access as well? I come across dumb phishing sites time to time.

    fortiguard accepts my submissions asap at this point but again, not everyone uses fortiguard
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