Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Reminder of a problem that should not exist, last night the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wankstortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wankstortion</span></a> archive <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortio</span><span class="invisible">n/</span></a> got a full message from a new campaign, showing what swelled the number of trapped hosts over the last few days. </p><p>Expect more silliness along the lines of "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" to hit your users again and again. <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_</span><span class="invisible">no_good_blackmail.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sextortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sextortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptotulips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptotulips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcon</span></a></p>
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Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>It will not be a surprise that the ovenight haul of new groped-for user IDs today included, almost <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hailmary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hailmary</span></a> style, a bunch of vaguely <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptocurrencly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrencly</span></a> related ones, <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/tuliptraders.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/tuliptrader</span><span class="invisible">s.txt</span></a>, log extract <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/tuliptraders-sshlog.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/tuliptrader</span><span class="invisible">s-sshlog.txt</span></a>. Do <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptptulipcookers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptptulipcookers</span></a> actually run as users with passwords anywhere?</p><p>Of course all of those are in the list of imaginary friends, see <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_le</span><span class="invisible">ssons_learned.html</span></a> and <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/badness_enumerated_by_robots.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/badness_enu</span><span class="invisible">merated_by_robots.html</span></a> for background. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sshgropers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sshgropers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwordguessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwordguessing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptotulips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptotulips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>The slime also evolves, apparently. Today <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20250416_jevkisca@teksavvy.com_me@pmg-pub-smtp1.teksavvy.com.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortio</span><span class="invisible">n/20250416_jevkisca@teksavvy.com_me@pmg-pub-smtp1.teksavvy.com.txt</span></a> (<a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20250416_jevkisca@teksavvy.com_me@pmg-pub-smtp1.teksavvy.com_original_base64.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortio</span><span class="invisible">n/20250416_jevkisca@teksavvy.com_me@pmg-pub-smtp1.teksavvy.com_original_base64.txt</span></a>) inboxed, as far as I can recall the first <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wankstortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wankstortion</span></a> message received here over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a> (and likely inboxed for that reason, bypassing the IPv4 only <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a>). </p><p>See "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_</span><span class="invisible">no_good_blackmail.html</span></a> and links therein for some background <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sextortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sextortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptotulips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptotulips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teksavvy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teksavvy</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Another round of crypto scam, faked caller ID +46729054372, from somebody claiming to be from "Asset recovery" and that they had a crypto currency account in my name.</p><p>I told them, </p><p>"You know, where you are going there will be no windows. And not nearly enough air. Your best choice would be to put down the phone and get out of there" </p><p>before hanging up.</p><p>Echoes of this episode, much the same script: <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/forgotten_blockchain_account_scam.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/forgotten_b</span><span class="invisible">lockchain_account_scam.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptotulips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptotulips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>So it's that time of the year again. <br>Another <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcon</span></a> aka <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> scam, this time in sort-of-Norwegian with heavy Swedish traces. </p><p>For the archives if needed: <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/blogpix/20250210_yugeeaDw%40innovatorss.info_peter%40bsdly.net-Na%CC%88sta_kryptorush_har%20startat_%F0%9F%92%B0.eml" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/blogpix/202</span><span class="invisible">50210_yugeeaDw%40innovatorss.info_peter%40bsdly.net-Na%CC%88sta_kryptorush_har%20startat_%F0%9F%92%B0.eml</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptotulips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptotulips</span></a> </p><p>Also see <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/forgotten_blockchain_account_scam.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/forgotten_b</span><span class="invisible">lockchain_account_scam.html</span></a> for terminology</p>
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