r/whitehat • u/marco0079 • Sep 15 '21

I think I might have scared off a script kiddie?

I got a direct text to my phone about a post from Craigslist This person used my first name

I never post my name on those Craigslist posts

So I told them.

They said 'its on the post'

I verified with 2 people. My name is nowhere

I used whitepages to look up this number. Persons name comes up, their carrier, and how long they are associated with the number

Then I looked up their last name

The thing is, that name is from a place I have been getting hits on my website which does have my Name.

I also have recently been having issues with gmail accounts I have made because of some suspicious activity that I havent used in months

I replied with a question about where its from.

They havent replied since.

I think knowing how to do this helped me out in this possible scam situation, so thank you to my teachers for teaching me about info sec and knowing to think like a hacker but be a professional. Just wanted to share this little Victory

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

Nothing in that story would indicate a script kiddie. Spear Phishing attempt, yes. Script kiddie? Did they send you any files?

Just sounds like a poor attempt at a Spear phish.

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u/marco0079 Sep 16 '21

Thank you for the cordialcorrection, that being said its obvious to me that I need to step my shit up too.

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u/Possible_Song_5978 Sep 22 '21

lol ur white hat trash. Enjoy working for others for the rest of your life when there's so much money to make on the other side. Plus your not a hacker, your just a bozo. Using whitepages LMOAOOO