I ALMOST got hacked by being on someone's fucking podcast!

These scammers are getting super sophisticated. Be careful out there. 

Here's what happened: 
- I got approached on Twitter DM about getting on a Podcast.  
- I checked out their older episodes, looked kinda legit, just new up and coming.
- I agreed.

- We agreed on a time. He even gave me the topic for the podcast a day in advance. All looking legit.

- I got ready when the time came. He shared that we'll be doing the interview on some conferencing platform called VDeck. 

- I didn't think much of it, clicked through. Site looked kinda legit.

The site just looks like some niche podcasting tool. Didn't think much of it.

When I click on "Join meeting" or something on that site, it made me download the tool - similar process to how Zoom would work if you don't have it installed already.

A dmg file got downloaded. I then tried installing it (I should've been more careful here but everything was kinda professional to this point)

Half way through the installation, I realized something's weird. There's some script that it's trying to run + it's asking for my password (some custom weird password form).

Alarm bells rang immediately. I shut it down. I told him I don't trust it, let's do Google Meet.

I share him a Meet link. 

He says he's trying to join but he's getting some error (basically trying for me to go back to Vdeck app).

I then asked him to get fucked.

But this actually surprised me. I'm a highly technical, experienced power user of crypto, super careful all the time and this almost got me.

There is no way a normal person is not falling for this. 

Guards up people! Crypto is wild.

For more context:
<NOTE - Be careful with these>

This was the twitter user to DM me - https://twitter.com/shawnc0825
The conferencing meeting link he sent me - https://vdeck.app/
The podcast he said that he's been doing - https://twitter.com/rehashweb3
(Might be a legit podcast, not affiliated with the scammer?)

Yeah for sure. In fact as AI deepfake videos and calls get more common, it's going to get even more unsafe. 

We'll probably have to come up with some verification processes / more awareness and education.

Thanks for sharing. Yeah, scams are getting more professional as there is a lot of money to be gained -> scammers invest more on scamming; like in real businesses, there is ROI.

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Thx for sharing this experience.

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