hrtbrk Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 In wake of The Faeries’ Ruin prize shop being released, an increase of scams have started going around. It appears that most attacks have been targeted on the Neoboards, specifically in The Faeries’ Ruin and Pound Chat forums. If you frequent the boards, stay away from topics and links to petpages that sound too good to be true such as : “Over 70 Swords UFT” or threads offering expensive prizes or pets for cheap as they may be harmful. Please do not worry. This is to warn you to double check before you click!! For a detailed look at how to protect yourself against cookie grabbers, check out TDN’s Cookie Grabber Protection guide. Other helpful guides: Protect Yourself from Scams | Password Security Quote
Octopus Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Yeah someone was making a board about this on the TFR Neoboards. Hope it doesn't get too serious. Quote
hrtbrk Posted January 30, 2011 Author Posted January 30, 2011 Yeah someone was making a board about this on the TFR Neoboards. Hope it doesn't get too serious. I really hope so too. Somehow, I doubt it will get as bad as it was in the summer since it's only been reported by clicking links on petpages (so far). At any rate, after a few months of being able to browse safely, it's important to get the word out to be cautious! Good on the person who posted about it on the boards :D Quote
Alice ☮ Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 I think I'll gonna switch to FF with NoScript for now... Quote
Oblivion Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Oh great. With all this scamming, what will the TNT do? Quote
Aaa Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 TNT always fades right when the situations occur. Quote
Slorgy Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 TNT always fades right when the situations occur. ^ I agree with this entirely. I wonder what what goes through their minds. <_< Quote
quit Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 I never go on the Neoboards as a rule. These people are such idiots. They're usually caught, so they don't get anything out of it, they just do it to be jerks. Quote
Secre Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 I never go on the boards either...but that's mostly because most people seem to get warnings and bannings from there and I'm pananoid!!! Quote
picky_nut Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Same thing for me... I prefer tdn boards... I had to restart the game one month ago because I had lost my account, and I don't want to lose it again... Quote
Nerd Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 I go on the boards once a week, so thanks TDN for the heads-up! :) Quote
Oblivion Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 I hardly ever go on the boards. I only go on it like once a month or so. And the TNT wants us to be careful from scammers and yet they don't even help us. All they do is just give us some advice. Quote
Cornflakes Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Ran out and got meself the NoScript for mah FF -- thanks for the helpful advice! Quote
Octopus Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Okay so I clicked on a shop and there was nothing in it but this strange code (something like j23asdf134134). Then when I logged out my account my IE blocked a popup...have I been CGed? I'm so paranoid right now. I deleted my cookies, changed my password, and logged in and out several times. I already had pins on everything beforehand. Am I safe now or what else should I do to prevent my account from being stolen? -_- I also followed the advice from TDN's CG protection page and installed FF with no-script. Quote
Oblivion Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Okay so I clicked on a shop and there was nothing in it but this strange code (something like j23asdf134134). Then when I logged out my account my IE blocked a popup...have I been CGed? I'm so paranoid right now. I deleted my cookies, changed my password, and logged in and out several times. I already had pins on everything beforehand. Am I safe now or what else should I do to prevent my account from being stolen? -_- I also followed the advice from TDN's CG protection page and installed FF with no-script. Did the shop have neopets.com? If it did have neopets.com in the site, then you're safe I guess. And what do you mean by CG? Quote
Octopus Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Cookie grabbed. I don't remember, I was panicking from seeing the code. The fact that the shop is blank except for that code is highly suspicious though. Quote
Infineon Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 I don't really use the boards, but I really love noscipt. It's really useful for other sites other than neopets. Keeps me safe :) Quote
Oblivion Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Cookie grabbed. I don't remember, I was panicking from seeing the code. The fact that the shop is blank except for that code is highly suspicious though. Try go on a side account and get me a screen shot if possible. Quote
Octopus Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Unfortunately I don't remember the user. Is what I described typical of a CG incident? If not, would what I did prevent (described in post above) me from getting CGed? Quote
Viridian Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Yes, that would fix it :) One of our staffmembers is testing the CG problem, and he says that it *should* already be fixed with a simple logout. So you're safe, especially with changing your password :) Quote
Octopus Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Thank you! *big sigh of relief* By the way, is Noscript supposed to block flash? I can only see NC mall items by temporarily disabling it and I can't see flash games. Quote
Guest Back to December Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Thank you! *big sigh of relief* By the way, is Noscript supposed to block flash? I can only see NC mall items by temporarily disabling it and I can't see flash games. Yes, NoScript blocks Javascript, Java and Flash. And it also packs in XSS (Cross Site Scripting) blocking, which is crucial to avoid CGers. Quote
hrtbrk Posted January 30, 2011 Author Posted January 30, 2011 As far as I know, shops are still whitelisted from being able to have CGers in them. So, it may be that someone thought they were being all sneaky- but the code didn't workl. However, it could have just been someones jumbled up code. The javascript code/link usually has the words "cookiegrab" in them (at least from the screen shots that I've seen). Another good program to have on Firefox is Request Policy. It blocks cross browser applications from getting your information. Quote
somekaitlin Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 Are there any programs/add-ons to Firefox that you could use to block what cg-ers do and still be able to play flash games? . Quote
Octopus Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 I just 'temporarily allow all on this page' for No-script and put it back on after I finish the games. Quote
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