Kbin Pornbot alert - looks like a number of bot accounts have taken up residence on kbin and are spamming /m/random with porn

Looks like we've had a wave of porn bots hit recently. Screenshot is a sampling of what's popping up on my threads feed when sorted by new.

A heads up to @ernest and to folks with magazines that might get hit by these guys. Looks like they're submitting from a couple of different domains, so it's difficult to block them from the user side, and some admin action might be necessary.

EDIT: ernest has removed the accounts and content, looks like all is well.

acastcandream,

PSA for Mac OS users: get little snitch mini. Best protection against harmful URL redirects and such, especially coupled with uBlock Origin.

DarkThoughts,

DON'T CLICK ON THEM! They use multiple redirects which potentially leads them to load websites in the background that could infect your system.

Arotrios,
@Arotrios@kbin.social avatar

F for @DarkThoughts. We salute your sacrifice for the greater good. May your files be encrypted and your antivirus strong.

DarkThoughts,

Ublock already nuked the pop up, I had to use an online scanner to check what was even happening because it just closed the tab immediately. Also I'm on Linux, so I feel I am probably not the target audience.

Hyperreality,

If you're on linux, even the fake MILFs in your area aren't interested.

DarkThoughts,

Ublock also eats them before they can even feign interest.

Hyperreality,

Hot MILFs in your area are now all dating Ublock.

DarkThoughts,

I got cUckblocked. :(

Jaysyn,
@Jaysyn@kbin.social avatar

Click on the server name & block it for all time.

Arotrios,
@Arotrios@kbin.social avatar

I would, but it's not just one server they're submitting - they're pushing multiple domains.

That being said, I think I've reported and blocked all of them, and my feed is clear now - there were about 20 - 30 accounts in total. This indicates that someone manually set them up by going through Kbin's login process - if they had built a bot that could hack the login, we'd probably see numbers in the hundreds.

fisco,
@fisco@lemmy.ml avatar

Block the each user, there’s about 6 or 7, all on kbin.social, job done…

Arotrios,
@Arotrios@kbin.social avatar

I found a bit more than that, but yeah, it was a manageable number on my end to clean the feed.

Brkdncr,

Might need to throttle posts from anyone to a single domain that isn’t already allow listed.

GeekFTW,
@GeekFTW@kbin.social avatar

Yeah just unsubbed from /m/random a few moments ago, fuckin' unreal lol.

ernest,
@ernest@kbin.social avatar

@Arotrios The magazines have been cleaned up and I've deleted the associated accounts. If this happens again, I'll apply a temporary fix. And if the campaigns cease, I'll work on a more comprehensive solution. Thanks for reaching out.

Arotrios,
@Arotrios@kbin.social avatar

@ernest - thanks! Glad I could help - you've built a great space here, and I know what a pain it is to deal with spambots.

Arotrios,
@Arotrios@kbin.social avatar

And still coming in at a rate of about 10 every two hours... 6:30am PST, 17 hours from original post

Arotrios,
@Arotrios@kbin.social avatar

Update 11 hours from original post - 12:45am PST - still catching them. Got another 10. It looks like they're firing off roughly every three hours.

Arotrios,
@Arotrios@kbin.social avatar

Update 3:39 PST - another wave of 10 or so just came in - reported and blocked.

hariette,
@hariette@artemis.camp avatar

Ended up having to ban a bunch of accounts from my instance. They just kept coming for a bit.

AnonymousLlama,
@AnonymousLlama@kbin.social avatar

Not even good porn. Booo

DeusHircus,

My feed just got completely flooded by them, all from random. All of them have a very sketchy looking URL, might not even be porn but porn-bait with something more malicious on the other end

Arotrios,
@Arotrios@kbin.social avatar

Yep - 100% a bot phishing attack - seen it a bunch on other sites I've run in the past. Probably goes without saying, but don't click the links. I've been reporting them as I block so the admins have a paper trail for when they're ready to purge the accounts.

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