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Clever Social Engineering Attack Using Captchas


Fake GitHub Site Targeting Developers, Author: Johannes Ullrich

The github-scanner website first displays what appears to be some form of Captcha to make sure you are "Human" (does this exclude developers?) JavaScript on the website copied an exploit string into the user's clipboard. The domain is recognized by some anti-malware, but sadly not yet on Google's safe browsing blocklist.

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