Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
A convincing clone of the popular social news aggregation and discussion site Reddit has been spotted on the reddit.co domain. The author is obviously counting on users not to spot it for what it is: a site meant to harvest users' username and password.
That "m" in ".com" is as important as the second "l" in "Alzheimer's Clock".
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/02/06/reddit-phishing/
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 07 2018, @02:52AM
"Deceptive Site!"
"Ignore this warning"
"Blocked"
Oh, come on, I don't even have a Reddit account to steal.
What a con. You guys suck clocks.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by bob_super on Wednesday February 07 2018, @03:08AM (2 children)
and ... nothing of value was lost.
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Wednesday February 07 2018, @09:44AM
Eh. Reddit has its moments. On a good day you'll even see people discussing C++ with Walter Bright. [reddit.com] It depends a great deal on the subreddit.
Reddit is certainly doing better than, say, YouTube comments. The best that YouTube comments can do is warm fuzzy messages of support, but it's very often just braindead toxicity.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 07 2018, @06:20PM
Yeah it's not like Reddit makes it hard for you to make an account. You don't even need an email address or a valid email address.
If you're re-using your important passwords on more than one site you're doing it wrong. And if you're reusing them on reddit you are probably the sort of person who's going to get pwned some other way anyway.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by black6host on Wednesday February 07 2018, @03:29AM (8 children)
Hmmm, was that really necessary? Not really even funny. Ever had Alzheimer's? Nah, I didn't think so.
(Score: 3, Funny) by black6host on Wednesday February 07 2018, @03:33AM (2 children)
Seldom respond to myself. My comment wasn't funny either. Both are sad. I'd rather poor taste be left somewhere else. Poor judgement is always welcome here!
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 07 2018, @04:53AM (1 child)
That's what happens when you go off half-clocked.
(Score: 2) by insanumingenium on Wednesday February 07 2018, @05:04PM
s/l//
FTFY
(Score: 4, Informative) by takyon on Wednesday February 07 2018, @03:37AM (3 children)
It's a reference to a story we ran in 2014 [google.com], which has since had its headline corrected.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday February 07 2018, @03:44AM (1 child)
That's quite a correction. From Alzheimer's Clock to the Google search page. :)
I imagine that was an oops. If you have a moment, would you post the actual link, Takyon?
Thanks!
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 4, Informative) by takyon on Wednesday February 07 2018, @03:52AM
the story in question:
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/10/20/025204 [soylentnews.org]
checking to see if this is a bug:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22alzheimer%27s+cock%22 [google.com]
https://www.google.com/search?q="alzheimer%27s+cock" [google.com]
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday February 07 2018, @03:59AM
It's my favorite SN typo to date, though I'm sure cmn32480 can come up with a better one eventually.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 4, Funny) by inertnet on Wednesday February 07 2018, @10:28AM
Not to my recollection.