Petra van Cronenburg<p>I manually review accounts who want to follow me (too many bot and scam waves). I automatically reject empty accounts!</p><p>If you don't want to be mistaken for a fake account, fill out your profile, post something that shows you as a human, only then follow people. How to: <a href="https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-customise-my-profile-how-do-i-upload-a-profile-banner-how-do-i-verify-my-account/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/how-do-i-customise-m</span><span class="invisible">y-profile-how-do-i-upload-a-profile-banner-how-do-i-verify-my-account/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/profile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/follow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>follow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/following" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>following</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/accounts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accounts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fakeAccounts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakeAccounts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HowTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowTo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/feditips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feditips</span></a></p>
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Petra van Cronenburg<p>How can this happen? Sometimes, accounts want to follow me that are completely empty, no posts, no communication (even not on their instance). But they have crazily many followers in a very short time. A new scam? Superfamous people under idiotic aliases? 22 K followers - most of them with 0 followers ! for a guy with an idiotic alias and a fake profile photo.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/follower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>follower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/following" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>following</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fakeAccounts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakeAccounts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trolls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a></p>
Infoblox Threat Intel<p>Mastodon communities, be vigilant! Bad actors are creating accounts within the Fediverse and then using them to distribute malware. We identified one such case in which the threat actor had gone undetected since 2022. That Mastodon instance was one with a climate change focus. The threat actor was distributing an information stealer through their account. <br> <br>We are happy to have helped the instance owner figure out why they have been on blocklists intermittently for the last few years, but also get that particular threat out of their Mastodon instance and safe for users. <br> <br>There are undoubtedly many more of these across the Fediverse. Hopefully more awareness can get them detected and shut down faster. <br> <br>For our fellow security nerds... this was <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vidar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vidar</span></a> malware with sha256 975932eeda7cc3feea07bc1f8576e1e73e4e001c6fe477c8df7272ee2e0ba20d <br>and a c2 IP 78[.]47[.]227[.]68 from the instance. <br>there is still at least one more Mastodon instance impacted that we are trying to reach. <br> <br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/stealer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stealer</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/threatintel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threatintel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/threatintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threatintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infoblox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infoblox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infobloxthreatintel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infobloxthreatintel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fakeaccounts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakeaccounts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/c2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c2</span></a></p>
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