Poor girl. I hope the dude bought the car and she got the commission anyway.
--- Want fido for iOS/Android/MacOS/Win/Linux? info=https://shorturl.at/duvA7
Flavio Bessa wrote to August Abolins <=-
When I click at the link above (http://shorturl.at/duvA7), it
sends me to the URL shortener landing page...
On 10/05/21 07:43, August Abolins -> All wrote:
--- Want fido for iOS/Android/MacOS/Win/Linux?
info=https://shorturl.at/duvA7
When I click at the link above (http://shorturl.at/duvA7), it sends me to the
URL shortener landing page...
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When I click at the link above (http://shorturl.at/duvA7), it sends me to the URL shortener landing page...
When I click at the link above (hxxp://shorturl.at/
duvA7), it sends me to the URL shortener landing page...
Be leary of URL shorteners. Some are malicious in nature
and are offering such a service to try and phish data from
your browser such as your email address to sell to
spammers.
Hi Flavio,the
That's strange indeed. I'm pretty sure I tested it before. Hopefully
alternative below will behave better.
Thanks for the heads-up.
Flavio;
Be leary of URL shorteners. Some are malicious in nature and are offering such a service to try and phish data from your browser such as your email address to sell to spammers.
Be leary of URL shorteners. Some are malicious in nature..
Indeed! I always open them into the browser's hidden mode.
Hello Flavio!
What is the hidden mode? I'll usually hover over a link and
see what the "real" destination is. But I don't think that
resolves ultimate destination of a tiny url.
Flavio Bessa wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Indeed! I always open them into the browser's hidden mode.
August Abolins wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
That can certainly be the case! That was like a screaming
banshee to me when the tiny urls first emerged. But the folks
at TinyUrl do a nice job in providing a Preview option. Also,
at least the most popular services now vet the links too.
Hello Favio;
Flavio Bessa wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Indeed! I always open them into the browser's hidden mode.
That only goes so far too. Check out "Privacy Badger" if you're using Firefox.
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Hello Favio;
Flavio Bessa wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
That only goes so far too. Check out "Privacy Badger" if you're using Firefox.
August Abolins wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
I never heard of PrivacyBadger. Just after a quick read/gleen about it,
I like their ethic. It installed in my older FF under XP well.
Flavio Bessa wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Thanks for the tip!
I never heard of PrivacyBadger. Just after a quick read/gleenThat's a must install for me. That, adblock ultimate, and duckduckgo privacy essentials. If there's others, please feel free to speak up :)
about it, I like their ethic. It installed in my older FF under
XP well.
Richard Menedetter wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
I agree that Privacy Badger and some kind of adblocker is pretty essential. Have to check out Duckduckgo privacy essentials ... never heared from it ;) Thanx for the tip!
You're quite welcome. Considering Duckduckgo is known for
their privacy search engine I would think their browser
plugin would be decent as well.
August Abolins wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
I've used DuckDuckGo occasionally by specifically going to
their site to start some searches. But I just configured my FF
browser to default to DDG - and see how things go.
btw as I see I got on this echo per your suggestion :D
Or you can use lynx and view the source. That may help as
well.
 FB>> Indeed! I always open them into the browser's
hidden mode.
What is the hidden mode?  I'll usually hover over a link
and see what the "real" destination is. But I don't think
that resolves ultimate destination of a tiny url.
In some browsers it's called "private browsing"...
August Abolins wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
I'm not too overly concerned anymore about short links. It's
been about 20 yrs now since TinyUrl launched. Weren't they the
first with that idea? Anyway.. They've built a vetting process
into them and block links that have nefarious purposes.
The only thing I won't do is click on a short link from
unsoliced email or if something arrives from someone I do not
know.
I have to wonder if that or a similar technique was used to be
the vector for inviting the ransomeware that shut down the east
coast pipeline.
Krebbs article "A Closer Look at the DarkSide Ransomware Gang
May 11, 2021" talks about the end result of that, but I wonder
what the vector was for infection.
This is a pretty good article that examines the techinal
tricks:
https://securityintelligence.com/posts/darkside-oil-pipeline- ransomware-attack/
"A favorite entry point appears to be connecting via RDP on
port 443 typically routing via a TOR browser."
And.. I did not know that VPNs and Linux were not immune:
"The malware can attack both Windows and Linux environments,
making enterprise servers just as `encryptable' as an
employee's endpoint. DarkSide can also attack virtual machines
and encrypt data on their hard drives."
Apparently all the activity of making backups is no guarantee
that you could just ignore the ransomeware attack and just
restore an ealier backup. Apparently, the "attack" lurks in
the background for an amount of time that might represent a
typical schedule for several backups - so, when it comes time
to use a previous backup, all those backups will have already
have copies of the infection.
August Abolins wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
You mean via the Telegram links?
Glad you decided to hop in. This messaging world of echomail
is pretty good. Paired up with a good reader/editor, finding|marking|replying is a much nicer experience than trying
to follow (or find) a particular message on a Facecrook group.
Forums are ok, but they require a live connection to
participate in any way. Whereas, offline reading and editing
is much less stressful.
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