dtonon on Nostr: I reinstalled a mac from scratch. As a first step, as usual, I go on installing ...
I reinstalled a mac from scratch. As a first step, as usual, I go on installing Homebrew. I searched for the website, blindly clicked the first result, copied/pasted the usual installing script, entered the admin password, and... strange error in an even stranger modal. I repeat the operation, same error. Then I noticed that the copied script has a weird string, suspect, checked the page URL and
https://sites.google.com/blablabla WTF?!
I went back, and everything was clear: I was tricked by a sponsored result that links to a site containing malware:
The website is an exact copy of Homebrew's official one. Sure, I was foolish not to check more carefully, but the first search result and a bit of fatigue threw me off.
It drives me crazy how Google treats us like children when it comes to security, it develops AI that’s supposed to prevent dangers and problems, and then… it fucks us over with its own tools (which, by the way, it makes money off of).
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2026-05-22 19:54:14 UTCEvent JSON
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