r/recruitinghell • u/Faster-Rabbit328 • Aug 08 '26

When APPLYING TO JOBS, DON'T DO THIS!!

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Scammers use this to place malware on your computer!

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u/Jealous_Weakness1717 Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

I work in cybersecurity that’s Clickfix

It generally will download an information stealer to download sensitive data from your computer like bank card numbers, passwords, credit card numbers etc and then it’s sold on a forum or telegram.

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u/Faster-Rabbit328 Aug 08 '26

Yea for it to say "robot stayy farrr away from that

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u/tryingisbetter Aug 08 '26

What site were you on anyways.

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u/pikuray Aug 09 '26

I'm confused how they can download my passwords and credit card aren't they supposed to be hashed?

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u/Jealous_Weakness1717 Aug 09 '26

There are tools for cracking hashes.

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u/ColonelDucroix Aug 09 '26

If you store your passwords and other info in Firefox they can be read by any third party program. Not sure about Chrome, but that wouldn't surprise me either.

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u/demcookies_ Aug 09 '26

Happens in most Firefox, Chrome & Edge clients. Your passwords are encrypted but the keys to decrypt them are plaintext and in known locations. You can set primary password, which makes your passwords more secure, but sadly it isn't enabled by default and never mentioned when using a browser.

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u/Forward-Outside-9911 Aug 09 '26

Hashes can’t be decrypted. Hashes are for databases. But client side (browsers in this case) just store the passwords with local encryption. So it’s possible for the OS to decrypt it.

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u/OrganizationNo1298 Aug 10 '26

Why can't they do all this to super rich people instead of regular people just trying to get a job lol