TIL that in 2001, my old tripod.com site was hacked.

I was looking up my old site, because I was trying to remember an old #freeware #DOS game that I used to play that never got past the demo stage.

And after I looked up my site on the #WaybackMachine, this popup came up. And while I wasn't above putting joke popups, this is not my style at all. I took my site very seriously!

I must have had a third party hit counter or something that was compromised. The 2004 capture doesn't seem to show it and I later migrated to my uncle's domain (when he complained about my site trying to install a dialer on his computer), before abandoning the site completely after a few years. Man, it took me 25 years to find out my website had been hacked. Nooooooooo! I still have the html files I think, so I'll look up my code.

#tripod #00s #nostalgia #oldweb #scareware

these #scareware articles are PATHETIC 😡🖕

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2026/04/06/new-password-stealer-bypasses-2fa-chrome-edge-and-firefox-targeted/

they all follow the same plot... leap straight into scare scare scare, death & destruction

don't bother explaining the only actually important bit, viz, what is the actual attack vector!

or, as in this case, mention it only in a link that many peeps will not bother following, given it appears to be only for a tangential matter

turns out, as usual, the vector is morons clicking links in unsolicited emails

jfc humans are stupid 🙄🤦‍♀️

#onlinesafety #DigitalDarwinism

O que é scareware? Saiba como funciona esse tipo de golpe cibernético

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tecnoblog.net/responde/o-que-e-scareware-saiba-como-funciona-esse-tipo-de-golpe-cibernetico/

How many ways can a fraudster find to scam people online? You will be surprised at the creativity and variety of scams perpetrated across the Internet. Here's a list of the most common types.

#onlineScams #cybercrime #scams #scareWare #arbitrage #greyMarkets #pyramidScams #PonziSchemes #domainNameScams #deceptiveAds

https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/
https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/

How many ways can a fraudster find to scam people online? You will be surprised at the creativity and variety of scams perpetrated across the Internet. Here's a list of the most common types.

#onlineScams #cybercrime #scams #scareWare #arbitrage #greyMarkets #pyramidScams #PonziSchemes #domainNameScams #deceptiveAds

https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/
https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/

Update: Die #OpenBugBounty #Scam-Mails machen immer noch die Runde:

--> https://cool-web.de/blog/email-openbugbounty-sicherheitsluecke-oder-spam-scam.htm

#Spam #Scam #Scareware #ITSecurity #ITSicherheit #Awareness #Email #Antiscam #Antispam

How many ways can a fraudster find to scam people online? You will be surprised at the creativity and variety of scams perpetrated across the Internet. Here's a list of the most common types.

#onlineScams #cybercrime #scams #scareWare #arbitrage #greyMarkets #pyramidScams #PonziSchemes #domainNameScams #deceptiveAds

https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/
https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/

How many ways can a fraudster find to scam people online? You will be surprised at the creativity and variety of scams perpetrated across the Internet. Here's a list of the most common types.

#onlineScams #cybercrime #scams #scareWare #arbitrage #greyMarkets #pyramidScams #PonziSchemes #domainNameScams #deceptiveAds

https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/
https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/

Remember those panic pop-ups claiming your device is infected? Microsoft Edge’s new AI sensor is now fighting back against scareware scams in real time. Curious how tech is winning the scam battle?

https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/the-evolution-of-scareware-scams-and-microsoft-edges-ai-powered-defense/

#scareware
#cybersecurity
#microsoftedge
#ai
#malwareprotection