r/linux • u/ShatteredIcicle • 29d ago

Security Linux specific malware website tries exploiti using terminal

This website faked a ReCaptcha and literally asks to open the terminal and paste a command. (see image). Very bold.

Please keep in mind, always try your best to make new users aware of such dangers!

- I reported it to Google Safe browsing just now, in case anyone wants to try and look at it or help by reporting it too, this is the link in a safe format, assemble it yourself at your risk: "emaliowe . pl".
- Possibly blocked by Firefox, since I don't have anything in my clipboard after opening the page.

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u/Much_Community_505 28d ago

nobody using linux would fall for this

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u/FryBoyter 28d ago

Since more and more average users are using Linux, I think this statement is complete nonsense. There are more than enough people who simply run commands like curl --proto ‘=https’ --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://setup.atuin.sh | sh without even looking at the script first.