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Just Gotta Protect The Family!
Security Networking
3 days ago 39.1M views 0 shares
Just Gotta Protect The Family!
When your cybersecurity skills are so advanced that you're out here setting up elaborate phishing traps for your own family members just to prove they need more training. Nothing says "I love you" quite like weaponizing your IT knowledge to expose your relatives' poor security hygiene. The absolute AUDACITY of using a fake cheating scandal as bait—talk about choosing violence! But hey, she clicked the suspicious link from an anonymous account, so clearly she's getting enrolled in Cybersecurity 101 whether she likes it or not. Family bonding through penetration testing, because therapy is expensive but humiliation is free.

Not Suspicious
php Security Webdev Backend
9 days ago 14.4M views 0 shares
Not Suspicious
GoDaddy really said "no action needed" and then immediately followed up with "ACTION NEEDED" like they're having an internal crisis. The whiplash between these two emails sent 7 minutes apart is peak enterprise communication energy. Either their marketing team and security team don't talk to each other, or someone realized mid-coffee that maybe downplaying a critical PHP vulnerability wasn't the move. The friend's reaction is spot-on though. You know an email is sketchy when it reads like it was written by a snake having a stroke. That second email with the excessive S's is giving major "I'm totally not a phishing attempt, fellow human" vibes. Pro tip: legitimate companies don't reassure you that your "sssserver is sssafe" unless they're sponsored by Slytherin. Nothing screams "definitely not suspicious" quite like contradicting yourself in under 10 minutes and then hissing your reassurances. Classic hosting provider moment.

They Wish
Security
15 days ago 124.7M views 0 shares
They Wish
The ultimate irony: a phishing email congratulating you for being too smart to fall for phishing emails. It's like a scammer saying "You passed our test! Now click this suspicious link to claim your prize for not clicking suspicious links." The "NoReply" sender at 12:01 AM, the blocked images warning, the "Dear [pig emoji]" greeting, and that sketchy "here" link—this thing checks every red flag on the phishing bingo card. Your IT department would never send you an exemption from security training. That's like your gym saying "You've been working out so well, you're exempt from future workouts." Security doesn't work that way, buddy. If anything, clicking that link would get you enrolled in mandatory phishing training for the next five years. Nice try, scammers.

I Love Fun Quizzes Like This. Let's All Share!
Security Devops Linux Networking
1 month ago 919.2K views 1 shares
I Love Fun Quizzes Like This. Let's All Share!
Nothing says "please hack me" quite like a wholesome cat name quiz that asks for your SSH keys. Because why wouldn't you share the cryptographic credentials that grant root access to your entire infrastructure? The cats look so trustworthy! This is basically the security awareness training version of those "your stripper name is your credit card number + CVV" posts. Except instead of identity theft, you're handing over the literal keys to your kingdom. At least when your servers get compromised, you can tell your boss it was for a really cute cat meme. Pro tip: If your SSH key actually makes a good cat name, you've got bigger problems than social engineering attacks.

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I Have A Favorite Phishing Attack Now
Security Backend
5 months ago 1.6M views 1 shares
I Have A Favorite Phishing Attack Now
You know phishing has reached peak creativity when scammers start weaponizing corporate virtue signaling. This fake SendGrid email announces a mandatory Pride theme for your emails, supposedly from the CEO's personal journey toward inclusion. It's genius in the worst way possible—who's gonna question supporting LGBTQ+ rights without looking like a villain? The "Opt-out Available" section is *chef's kiss* social engineering. They're banking on you clicking that "Manage Preferences" button either because you're outraged or because you're a good person who wants to manage settings. Either way, they got you. The polite "Thank you for addressing this promptly" at the end? That's the urgency trigger to make you panic-click before thinking. Props to the scammers for understanding that the best phishing attacks exploit emotions and social pressure, not just technical ignorance. Still gonna report this to [email protected] though.

What It Could Be
Testing Security Programming Debugging Webdev
6 months ago 471.9K views 0 shares
What It Could Be
Someone's getting a strongly worded email from "ngrok" claiming their testing took down a server and threatening legal action. You know, the ngrok that literally exists to help developers test things by exposing localhost to the internet. The same ngrok that's probably saved your bacon more times than you can count. Either this is the world's laziest phishing attempt, or someone really thinks a developer tool is going to sue them for... doing exactly what it's designed for. Subject line says "Action Required" which is phishing email starter pack 101. The grammar's falling apart faster than a JavaScript framework's backwards compatibility. Pro tip: ngrok isn't going to sue you. They're too busy being useful. Delete this garbage and get back to actually testing your server.

This Phishing Email... What Is The IP?
Security Networking
7 months ago 504.9K views 1 shares
This Phishing Email... What Is The IP?
When the scammers are so bad at their job they give you an IP address that doesn't even exist. 91.684.353.482? Each octet in an IPv4 address maxes out at 255, but these geniuses went full "let's just mash numbers on the keyboard" mode. It's like they're phishing with training wheels on. Props to whoever made this phishing email though – they remembered to add the "Do not share this link" warning in red. Nothing says legitimate security alert like explicitly telling people not to share your sketchy link. Real Coinbase would be so proud. Fun fact: IPv4 addresses are four octets ranging from 0-255, making the valid range 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255. So unless they're trying to pioneer IPv5 with extended ranges, this is just... impressively wrong.

Ultimate Security Update
Security Networking
7 months ago 490.8K views 0 shares
Ultimate Security Update
When your security team's idea of "patching vulnerabilities" is literally cutting off the attack vector. Can't exploit what doesn't exist anymore, right? Just snip that pesky activation link clean off. This is basically the physical embodiment of every "just disable the feature" security fix I've ever shipped under pressure. Sure, the phishing link can't work if users physically cannot click it. Problem solved, ticket closed, moving on. 10/10 would recommend this approach for your next penetration test report. "Mitigated all email-based attacks by removing email functionality."

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This Is A Very Good Idea
AWS Cloud Security Programming
8 months ago 773.8K views 0 shares
This Is A Very Good Idea
Nothing says "I've learned nothing from security training" quite like this masterpiece. Dude's planning to spoof AWS billing alerts via SMS and even wants to include a link to the "official AWS dashboard" to make it look legit. Because obviously, the best way to prank your friends is by potentially getting arrested for phishing and identity theft. The real comedy here is thinking your friends won't immediately panic and call their bank, or worse, actually click that link. Then you'll be explaining to HR why half the company reported a security incident that traces back to your phone number. Pro tip: if your prank requires you to clarify "it's not phishing," it's definitely phishing. Also, $50k? That's rookie numbers. If you're gonna fake an AWS bill, at least make it realistic—like $127,483.29 from accidentally leaving a NAT Gateway running in 47 regions.

Information Security Expert
Security Networking
8 months ago 484.4K views 0 shares
Information Security Expert
Your CISO is out here throwing you a parade for dodging phishing emails like you're Neo in The Matrix, meanwhile you've been ignoring company emails for three months because you genuinely can't be bothered. The best security practice is just apathy, apparently. Who needs awareness training when you have chronic email avoidance? The irony is *chef's kiss* – you're technically unhackable if you never open anything in the first place. Task failed successfully, security edition.

30 Years Later - Basically The Same
Security Windows
8 months ago 581.3K views 0 shares
30 Years Later - Basically The Same
The legendary Amish virus from 1996 relied on social engineering to get users to manually delete their own files and spread the "virus" via email. Fast forward to 2026, and we've got sleek verification dialogs asking users to press Windows Button + R, then CTRL + V, then Enter. Spoiler alert: that's probably pasting some malicious command into the Run dialog. Different decade, same psychological exploit—just with better UI design now. We went from floppy disks to cloud infrastructure, from dial-up to fiber optics, from 64MB RAM to 64GB RAM... yet humans remain the most exploitable vulnerability in any system. No patch available, no CVE number assigned, just eternal gullibility. The attack vectors evolved from "delete System32" chain emails to fake CAPTCHA verifications, but the core exploit? Still targeting wetware, not hardware.

Gets Phished By It Anyways
Security
9 months ago 476.8K views 1 shares
Gets Phished By It Anyways
Ah yes, the mandatory security training that starts with good intentions and somehow evolves into a 4-hour PowerPoint odyssey about password hygiene you learned in 2003. You're nodding along for the first 15 minutes, then suddenly you're on slide 247 about the history of phishing attacks dating back to AOL chatrooms. The real kicker? After sitting through this marathon of "don't click suspicious links" and "verify sender addresses," Karen from accounting still clicks on "URGENT: Your Amazon package needs immediate verification" from [email protected] and compromises the entire company's credentials. Security training is like that gym membership—great start, zero follow-through, and somehow you're worse off than before because now you're overconfident.

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