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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

PasteSwitch: The official HBO Max verified Reddit account got hacked for 48 hours to push 108 ClickFix ads tricking Mac and Windows users into hacking themselves.

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PasteSwitch: The official HBO Max verified Reddit account got hacked for 48 hours to push 108 ClickFix ads tricking Mac and Windows users into hacking themselves.

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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago
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PasteSwitch Clickfix Operation Compromises HBO on Reddit
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A compromised HBO Max Reddit account led to PasteSwitch, a cross-platform ClickFix operation spanning macOS & Windows loaders and deceptive TLS.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1402896/pasteswitch-the-official-hbo-max-verified-reddit-account-got-hacked-for-48-hours-to-push

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    6 days ago

    What’s “reddit”?

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    What about Linux users

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      We tricked ourselves into hacking ourselves.

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      The one ad contains a curl install method but its for a Mac app (Alfred). I guess if you ran the command it could possibly have infected you as well on Linux

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