Collaborate Disseminate
I remember back in the good old days of ActiveX visiting a malicious site could spell disaster for the user. But from my understanding, browsers today are usually sandboxed so how vulnerable are users to malicious websites?
I am not talkin… Continue reading How prevelant are browser based attacks nowdays?
These popups basically lock your computer, display an error, and post a phone number.
I have yet to find how they work. I have seen anecdotal stuff claiming it is a modal, full screen popup. Is that really all it is?
Continue reading How do popups that block your computer work?
Can the hijacked browser’s history and saved information be viewed?
Is it possible to create a backdoor in the browser? In other words, can it be secretly redirected to any site or downloaded and opened any file without the knowledge of t… Continue reading How can the Beef Tool be used? [closed]
Can the hijacked browser’s history and saved information be viewed?
Is it possible to create a backdoor in the browser? In other words, can it be secretly redirected to any site or downloaded and opened any file without the knowledge of t… Continue reading How can the Beef Tool be used? [closed]
Can one remotely log my IP, browser history, and saved passwords?
I think the IP should be easily done if one of the extensions load a remote JavaScript to run in my browser. I’m not sure about other stuff within the browser.
I recently created a Windows 10 installation stick via the official media creation tool. Presumably, there was no malware on my host system on which I created the stick. It’s a pretty fresh install as well, and was only used shortly on my … Continue reading Windows Update installs yandex.ru browser hijacker
Something has changed in my gmail acct about 6 months ago. This odd account uses my photo and my real email and behaves like normal in all aspects except one. The label ID uses my married name formatted in a way I never use and the surname… Continue reading My gmail account name has been changed and misspelled by someone, not me
I am trying to understand cookies and the hijacking/mitigation methods. I have noticed that some websites are more secure than others.
For example, I have two browsers (Edge and Firefox). I have installed Cookie-Editor onto the two browser… Continue reading Cookie hijacking query
I misspelt google as "googe" (very dumb, yes). It took me to a page that asked me to enter my birthdate. The URL was something along the lines of luj dott proasdf dott com
After going to malware index, it looks like it redirected… Continue reading Mistyped "google" and came to a suspicious page with a browser hijacker
I sleepily clicked on this bad link yesterday (DONT CLICK Unless you know what you’re doing: https://6to.me/idsoni7kjv with a "?fbclid=" param – presumably identifying me)
I’m wondering how much harm could be done. I’m sure it c… Continue reading What can happen when you click on a bad link?