pages.dev link spamming (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/meta@lemm.ee

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/25287498

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/19638259

There are about 6 pages.dev domains spamming lemmy.world communities

The volume is definitely inorganic, and is across a wide range of communities

pages.dev is Cloudflare's site hosting which can be used for free - there are likely many legitimate sites that use that domain, but the current flood is suspicious

chronicleresolve.pages.dev

thefreedomproject.pages.dev

versarch.pages.dev

dailypulse.pages.dev

newssphere-6fu.pages.dev

iniko.pages.dev

miniza.pages.dev

orino.pages.dev

I'm cross posting because @lenny_marlane@lemmy.ml seems to be doing the same thing.

It might be an attack vector or something idk but better safe than sorry.

Not sure about this one but seems to be following same pattern.

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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I have no idea about the why, but I've seen the same thing. All new accounts spamming content to all of those (and at least one known-good user posting links there; maybe thought they were legit?). I've banned/removed them all locally on my instance, and I think some other admins are doing similarly.

All of those, if you go to their base URL, seem to be part of the same campaign (spampaign?): The Freedom Project / The Freedom Estate Project

I may just start blanket-banning *.pages.dev for now and deal with any false positives case-by-case.

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