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Fake X content warnings on Ukraine war, earthquakes used as clickbait

ID: 9d1b48aa-6388-518b-9c85-64f08b55f791

STIX ID: report--9d1b48aa-6388-518b-9c85-64f08b55f791

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
35/100

Date Published: 2024-08-11

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Lawrence Abrams

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Scammers on X are posting sensational or pornographic-looking content that, when clicked, uses app.link redirects and manipulated Twitter-card metadata to display fake content warnings and route users through multiple sites to scam adult pages, malicious browser extensions, tech-support scams, or affiliate fraud; the technique abuses X's preview behavior to hide the final malicious targets.

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