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Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish • 5 months ago

Cyberbullying Gone Global: Fediverse Spam and Operation Beleaguer

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Cyberbullying Gone Global: Fediverse Spam and Operation Beleaguer

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Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish • 5 months ago

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On February 15th, newly-created Fediverse accounts started posting spam messages from various instances, sending invites to a Discord server for a Japanese troll organization. The posts frame ap12 from “KuronekoServer” as the culprit behind the operation. Looking at their spam content (in Japanese), it’s obvious that it’s not

Thorough report about the recent Fediverse spam.

Related posts:

We seem to be getting attacked. - https://lemmy.giftedmc.com/post/235816
Solutions and origins of the spam wave currently hitting the Fediverse - https://feddit.cl/post/1883287
Mastodon CVE Report - https://hachyderm.io/@maegul/111944073448637061
- Remote User Impersonation and Takeover via Cache Poisoning - https://arcanican.is/excerpts/cve-2024-23832/discovery.htm
- Remote user impersonation and takeover - https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-3fjr-858r-92rw

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2•5 months ago
Sounds like there are some very competent folks in the fediverse.