Post 9maOIGiPNzZpXUezLs by staticsafe@mastodon.zombocloud.com
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(DIR) Post #9maOIGiPNzZpXUezLs by staticsafe@mastodon.zombocloud.com
2019-09-04T13:51:45Z
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Over the last couple days, I have noticed a new breed of Mastodon spammer, one that compromises old and unused/abandoned accounts and then adds a spam URL in the profile and starts following users.I have three examples so far, all of them on mastodon.social (I have reported the accounts to them already):IronChitlin@mastodon.social onionfriend@mastodon.social Adam_@mastodon.social Notice the join dates, 2017 or 2018 and also the URL format.#mastoadmin
(DIR) Post #9maOIGu6gUw07m8KaO by msh@coales.co
2019-09-04T17:13:09Z
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@staticsafe here is one that followed me and should be blocked as well:JKirkendoll@mastodon.socialSame M.O. Perhaps @Gargron should have a policy to deactivate dormant accounts after a certain period of time, such that if they return they must request a reset password link to their email to log back in, and maybe check password/email pairs against known lists (in some secure way?)
(DIR) Post #9mahn9ZjscDNVA2t96 by carver@fimidi.com
2019-09-04T21:10:00Z
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@msh@staticsafe @GargronInteresting problem when you add in other fediverse platforms like Pleroma, Peertube and the like. I wonder if spam can propagate easily through the fediverse from one platform.
(DIR) Post #9mapNmxNdbmDkEWHYW by msh@coales.co
2019-09-04T22:38:24Z
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@carver it's interesting because a lot of spam accounts don't actually post much. A lot of them mostly do tons of following and just put here and there.I think a lot of it is about scraping/slurping up data and maybe establishing a network of links for, I don't know, maybe gaming search engine rankings?Also instances with thousands of users are magnets for this kind of abuse. Propagation would be harder if instances were smaller and more numerous.@staticsafe @Gargron