BrianKrebs on Nostr: PSA: If you are not browsing the interwebs with a VPN enabled and you suddenly find ...
PSA: If you are not browsing the interwebs with a VPN enabled and you suddenly find your browser sessions are frequently stymied by constant CAPTCHA requests, that's one potential sign that your system may be compromised by something that is routing other peoples' Web traffic through your computer. It's not a dead giveaway of a compromise by any stretch, but it is something that you should probably investigate further.
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2025-05-22 23:59:14Event JSON
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