can you get hacked from a cutt ly link?

someone gave me a cutt ly linked and i opened it and redirected me to google but not sure if its a method to be hacked?

can someone confirm

thanks

 

getting hacked depends on how your firewall is setup, and how you use your browser.
.. but on a more serious note, what do you mean by "hacked" ..?

 

depends on the link, but probably not

 

Normally maybe some Browser Settings like the Startpage and notifications can be modified, but this can be easily undone by resetting your Browser. To be sure nothing unwanted comes to your System in the future i recommend using Voodoo Shield so you will be promted if something wants to install and you can deny or allow it before something happens. For your Browser i recommend Ghostery and Adblock Plus.

 

Last edited: Nov 21, 2022

what do you mean?

redirecting - that's why short url service can be used to hide real address/script/parameter/etc...

short link preview allowed by some of services, next time try these tricks to preview address:

cutt.ly - add @ at the end of a short links

Code:

short - https://cutt.ly/NMBK2tt
preview - https://cutt.ly/NMBK2tt@

bit.ly - add + at the end of a short links

Code:

short - https://bit.ly/3ErPMBQ
preview - https://bit.ly/3ErPMBQ+

for any other service check faq at service website.

also you can use next websites to preview short link:
http://www.checkshorturl.com/expand.php
https://unshorten.it/
https://unshorten.me/
http://urlex.org/
http://urlxray.com/
https://www.virustotal.com/es/

 

you're essentially always safe unless you download and run things

 

are you security specialist? no...
maybe cookie sniffer? yes, it is still working! without downloading and running. just a simple link, something like that:

 

I actually am one yes.
what does a terrible website that hasn't patched 20 year old vulnerabilities have to do with people's behavior on their home machines?

 

I can't understand what is the website you talking about...
but...

stolen google cookies and full access to google account? why not if it is possible?

also, users like browser expansions, but this expansions with permission have a lot of vulnerabilities, and simple script can use these vulnerabilities.

 

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Last edited by a moderator: Feb 28, 2023

you are the one who understand me =)

 

browser extension installation isn't something that happens automatically, so it's not going to randomly happen from a website visit without users interacting with downloaded files

a site is not going to get access to another site's cookies unless something's already infected the local device to severely break the browser

the reason I mentioned websites is that the screenshot you posted is of cross site scripting. which is an exploit for websites (and not one that affects a user's computer).
essentially everyone patched cross site scripting on their sites by 2003/2004, especially as shown by exploiting cgi scripting's inherent security deficiencies. cgi is ancient and pretty much only used on abandoned sites

 

F...!!! Are you really stupid or are you pretending?
I say it again: users already have extensions, for example, for the Chrome browser. So there are a lot of vulnerabilities in these extensions! and these vulnerabilities can be exploited with a script that will use the extension's permissions (downloading and installing an "update" extension, accessing files/contacts/mail, etc.). even if only 5% of users use the extension, this means that every 20th user will be attacked.

Do you even understand what I'm talking about? I just brought the most banal pymers that are known to everyone. yet they are still in use today!

ooh yeah, it's all fixed! by your order? not funny. read statistics on attacks on users.
how many sites use wordpress? how many different wordpress add-ons are on each site? now look at the lists of their vulnerabilities and tools for exploiting these vulnerabilities.

I could show you a few wordpress sites (and these are famous developer sites) where i feel at home and look at users' personal data, i see purchases and licenses, discount codes and just paid libraries to contact... but search and discovery these vulnerabilities are my earnings.

 

At first, such people are advised not to update windows. because these updates install spyware and slow down the computer so that users buy new computers.

then they say that he does not need an antivirus at all. this also slows down the computer, and also deletes files without the user's request.

further, such people say that now on the Internet it is almost impossible to catch malware on your computer - feel free to follow any links, install any programs from any sources, etc.

as a result, those who listen to them have all kinds of viruses on their computers and are not even aware of it. they download a new release from R2R or another team, unpack it to install themselves, and then post such infected releases on sites.

and what does it lead to? right! to forum threads accusing R2R or another team of spreading viruses in their releases: here's a release, there's a virus...

I AM TIRED OF THIS!!!

 

I'm certainly not saying that there aren't lots of bad actors doing lots of bad things on the web (hell, I'd be unemployed if that were true). All I'm saying is that petrrr doesn't have to be paranoid about his safety when a website goes some place he didn't expect (unless he's interacted with files from said site). And, also to be thankful that the sister site exists to provide 99.999% safe copies of software

 

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Last edited by a moderator: Feb 28, 2023

If you are not sure if your computer has caught something, install GlassWire and check your incoming and outgoing connections.