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Spammer from moderation queue (AdnanAtSapphire) - gone

10-Sep-19 20:19

Hidden Features in C#[^]
From: Member 14586911 - Professional Profile[^]
Initially, I thought "just a pile of links to SO, that's poor."
Then I spotted the last bit: "For more stuff click here" - which links to his site.
Spam then.

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Never throw anything away, Griff
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modified 11-Sep-19 8:40am.

OriginalGriff10-Sep-19 19:55

Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

10-Sep-19 19:55

Diamond rings: AdnanAtSapphire - Professional Profile[^]

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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modified 11-Sep-19 8:39am.

OriginalGriff10-Sep-19 19:48

10-Sep-19 19:48

The Lounge[^]
From VISWESWARAN1998 - Professional Profile[^]

Found a security loophole to steal paid for course materials, and wants to share it.

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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modified 11-Sep-19 8:39am.

Richard MacCutchan10-Sep-19 22:08

Richard MacCutchan

10-Sep-19 22:08

Are you sure, the link to the message seems to have gone? I just looked at his profile and he has two articles and many messages to his credit.

OriginalGriff10-Sep-19 22:23

10-Sep-19 22:23

The message was posted in the Lounge and consisted of "I found a security hole and I've already downloaded a months worth of paid for course material for free so I thought I'd share it with you. Here's the link" (or similar - it was hours ago).
It's since been closed, so I deleted it to tidy up the forum.

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

Richard MacCutchan10-Sep-19 22:37

Richard MacCutchan

10-Sep-19 22:37

visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 3:30

11-Sep-19 3:30

Please help me sir apologies. I won't post again sir. Cry | :((

Michael Haephrati11-Sep-19 8:46

Michael Haephrati

11-Sep-19 8:46

Did you open a new Code Project profile?

- Michael Haephrati מיכאל האפרתי

visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 15:46

11-Sep-19 15:46

Yes sir just to reply for these messages and get back my original id sir. Cry | :((

please help me sir. LinkedIn has acknowledged me for my findings but they are reporting me as spammer. Help me sir. Rose | [Rose]

See sir, I got acknowledged by LinkedIn itself.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6577242532684632064?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A6577242532684632064%2C6577705934615904256%29

Sean Ewington12-Sep-19 5:47

Sean Ewington

12-Sep-19 5:47

I'm afraid we don't abide your actions and agree with your removal from the site.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

CHill6011-Sep-19 1:31

CHill60

11-Sep-19 1:31

And there you are, #2 on the list of people he wants to thank for ever! Laugh | :laugh:

OriginalGriff11-Sep-19 1:41

11-Sep-19 1:41

Only #2? I shall have to try harder! Big Grin | :-D

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 21:27

11-Sep-19 21:27

Please help me sir Cry | :((

CHill6011-Sep-19 22:56

CHill60

11-Sep-19 22:56

@Nelek has tagged the site admin in a comment below this a couple of hours ago.

When their working day starts (in about 4 to 5 hours) then they may choose to look at the entire thread. If they think your account should be recovered then they are in a position to do so.

I am not able to "help" in any way, nor would I. I believe that you have been unethical in your behaviour... on at least two unrelated sites.

visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 23:00

11-Sep-19 23:00

No sir no unethical behavior sir kindly help me Cry | :((

Re: Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

CHill6012-Sep-19 1:35

CHill60

12-Sep-19 1:35

Did you not read my response?

Quote:
If they think your account should be recovered then they are in a position to do so.

Quote:
I am not able to "help" in any way

Only the site admin can do anything about reinstating your account

visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 3:24

Re: Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

11-Sep-19 3:24

I am not a spammer apologies for posting the message sir I thought it will help some one. I will not do this again please open my account sir Cry | :((

I have two articles posted and are good ones having nice stars.

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5162378/Antivirus-Part-2

https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/1179918/CyberGod-An-Antivirus-in-Cplusplus-for-Windows-and

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1160315/Web-scraping-with-Python-Part-I

I also had some accepted answers but forget the links to them. please forgive me and give me my account back sir, I wanted to post another article..

Rose | [Rose]

OriginalGriff11-Sep-19 4:07

Re: Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

11-Sep-19 4:07

You posted a link saying "Go here, you can steal stuff. I did!"

Do you think that was a responsible thing to do? Heck, do you think the theft by you was responsible on it's own? What would you feel if you wrote an app, I took a copy, renamed it, stuck it up on the Play store, and started pulling down $50K a month in ad revenue? And then posted a message saying "this guy writes good stuff, but his security is rubbish - steal his code and make yourself some money. I did!"

Would you be a happy bunny?

Actions have consequences.

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 4:21

Re: Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

11-Sep-19 4:21

No sir, I am not stealing....

I have reported to them, this is what they told me:

Hi ,


Thanks for your report. We're aware of the current design. There are controls in place to prevent this from being abused at scale. Also, please note that the download link to the content is accessible only for a limited period of time. We do not consider this to be a security issue.

Thanks for reaching out.

cheers,
Emmanuel Law
LinkedIn Information Security Response Center

So I thought it as a method to get videos and posted it. I have also posted the video publically by tagging them if you could see the video if you know it. They can also see it nobody steals publically sir. I just want to let them know.

And they realized and thanked me!

VISWESWARAN 1998 <visweswaran.nagasivam98@gmail.com>
	
11:01 AM (8 hours ago)
	
to LinkedIn
I don't know what you are saying but everyone of other researchers are saying it is a bug: See more

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/visweswaran-nagasivam-975a8b167_kirstybonner-bug-jobs-activity-6577243206126268416-6L-X

I have contacted you early(before making public) disclosing ethically but you said it is not a security flaw or is is actually a trick or something we can use to download. I don't know sir/ma'am as I am not a much of security expert.

I won't encourage someone stealing 50K dollar privately sir, but if some one let me know that it can be stealed I will appreaciate him sir. Sorry for my bad English, it is not my first language sir. Cry | :((

visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 4:18

Re: Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

11-Sep-19 4:18

I reported them before posting sir. I also tagged them on how stealing is done(in the post itself) so that they can prevent it for others stealing. Stealing 50K$ silently is a sin but letting them know that someone is going to steal 50K$ is not a sin at least to me sir. Cry | :((

Anyways will not do again sir forgive me Rose | [Rose]

Nelek11-Sep-19 19:24

Nelek

11-Sep-19 19:24

@Sean-Ewington or @Chris-Maunder

please have a look to the thread and the answers of the nuked user.

You have the last word.

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Re: Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 23:01

Re: Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

11-Sep-19 23:01

Thank you for your kind help sir! Rose | [Rose]

Nelek12-Sep-19 0:36

Nelek

12-Sep-19 0:36

You are welcome

M.D.V.

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OriginalGriff10-Sep-19 19:39