Looks like we’ve had a wave of porn bots hit recently. Screenshot is a sampling of what’s popping up on my threads feed when sorted by new.
A heads up to @ernest and to folks with magazines that might get hit by these guys. Looks like they’re submitting from a couple of different domains, so it’s difficult to block them from the user side, and some admin action might be necessary.
EDIT: ernest has removed the accounts and content, looks like all is well.
DarkThoughts ( @DarkThoughts@kbin.social ) 16•11 months agoDON’T CLICK ON THEM! They use multiple redirects which potentially leads them to load websites in the background that could infect your system.
F for @DarkThoughts. We salute your sacrifice for the greater good. May your files be encrypted and your antivirus strong.
DarkThoughts ( @DarkThoughts@kbin.social ) 11•11 months agoUblock already nuked the pop up, I had to use an online scanner to check what was even happening because it just closed the tab immediately. Also I’m on Linux, so I feel I am probably not the target audience.
Hyperreality ( @Hyperreality@kbin.social ) 15•11 months agoIf you’re on linux, even the fake MILFs in your area aren’t interested.
DarkThoughts ( @DarkThoughts@kbin.social ) 4•11 months agoUblock also eats them before they can even feign interest.
Hyperreality ( @Hyperreality@kbin.social ) 5•11 months agoHot MILFs in your area are now all dating Ublock.
DarkThoughts ( @DarkThoughts@kbin.social ) 5•11 months agoI got cUckblocked. :(
ernest ( @ernest@kbin.social ) 9•11 months ago@Arotrios The magazines have been cleaned up and I’ve deleted the associated accounts. If this happens again, I’ll apply a temporary fix. And if the campaigns cease, I’ll work on a more comprehensive solution. Thanks for reaching out.
@ernest - thanks! Glad I could help - you’ve built a great space here, and I know what a pain it is to deal with spambots.
DeusHircus ( @DeusHircus@lemmy.zip ) English7•11 months agoMy feed just got completely flooded by them, all from random. All of them have a very sketchy looking URL, might not even be porn but porn-bait with something more malicious on the other end
Yep - 100% a bot phishing attack - seen it a bunch on other sites I’ve run in the past. Probably goes without saying, but don’t click the links. I’ve been reporting them as I block so the admins have a paper trail for when they’re ready to purge the accounts.
acastcandream ( @acastcandream@beehaw.org ) 6•12 days agospoiler
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AnonymousLlama ( @AnonymousLlama@kbin.social ) 6•11 months agoNot even good porn. Booo
Jaysyn ( @Jaysyn@kbin.social ) 5•11 months agoClick on the server name & block it for all time.
I would, but it’s not just one server they’re submitting - they’re pushing multiple domains.
That being said, I think I’ve reported and blocked all of them, and my feed is clear now - there were about 20 - 30 accounts in total. This indicates that someone manually set them up by going through Kbin’s login process - if they had built a bot that could hack the login, we’d probably see numbers in the hundreds.
fisco™🇬🇧🇺🇦 ( @fisco@lemmy.ml ) 3•11 months agoBlock the each user, there’s about 6 or 7, all on kbin.social, job done…
I found a bit more than that, but yeah, it was a manageable number on my end to clean the feed.
hariette ( @hariette@artemis.camp ) 5•11 months agoEnded up having to ban a bunch of accounts from my instance. They just kept coming for a bit.
Update 3:39 PST - another wave of 10 or so just came in - reported and blocked.
GeekFTW ( @GeekFTW@kbin.social ) 4•11 months agoYeah just unsubbed from /m/random a few moments ago, fuckin’ unreal lol.
And still coming in at a rate of about 10 every two hours… 6:30am PST, 17 hours from original post
Brkdncr ( @Brkdncr@kbin.social ) 2•11 months agoMight need to throttle posts from anyone to a single domain that isn’t already allow listed.
Update 11 hours from original post - 12:45am PST - still catching them. Got another 10. It looks like they’re firing off roughly every three hours.
CIAtrackingaccount ( @CIAtrackingaccount@artemis.camp ) 0•11 months agoWhere can I find this porn, so I can totally block and ignore it and not at all fap
@ernest nixed them already. Note that according to reports, the porn wasn’t good and the sites full of malware and redirects.