ActivityPub Viewer

A small tool to view real-world ActivityPub objects as JSON! Enter a URL or username from Mastodon or a similar service below, and we'll send a request with the right Accept header to the server to view the underlying object.

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{ "@context": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", { "ostatus": "http://ostatus.org#", "atomUri": "ostatus:atomUri", "inReplyToAtomUri": "ostatus:inReplyToAtomUri", "conversation": "ostatus:conversation", "sensitive": "as:sensitive", "toot": "http://joinmastodon.org/ns#", "votersCount": "toot:votersCount", "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag" } ], "id": "https://ioc.exchange/users/cstromblad/statuses/110468204766928796", "type": "Note", "summary": null, "inReplyTo": null, "published": "2023-06-01T09:17:14Z", "url": "https://ioc.exchange/@cstromblad/110468204766928796", "attributedTo": "https://ioc.exchange/users/cstromblad", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://ioc.exchange/users/cstromblad/followers" ], "sensitive": false, "atomUri": "https://ioc.exchange/users/cstromblad/statuses/110468204766928796", "inReplyToAtomUri": null, "conversation": "tag:ioc.exchange,2023-06-01:objectId=37569006:objectType=Conversation", "content": "<p>Noticed an interesting TTP in relation to phishing domains.</p><p>1. Actor registers a new domain (later to be used for phishing).<br />2. Actor points DNS A-records to a legitimate IP-address, often the one you actually later want to imitate.<br />3. A few months later, or weeks, you change the DNS A-records again towards your own VPS with copied content of the site you&#39;re imitating.<br />4. Start phishing.</p><p>Perhaps an obvious tactic, but it was new to me. And I assume that pointing a new domain towards a legitimate IP/domain will give some slightly increased reputation?</p><p>I can certainly see a number of issues with VHOSTing etc, but it&#39;s common enough to at least discuss.</p><p>Anyone seen this, or have thoughts about it?</p><p><a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/ThreatIntelligence\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>ThreatIntelligence</span></a> <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tactic\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Tactic</span></a> <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/Phishing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Phishing</span></a></p>", "contentMap": { "en": "<p>Noticed an interesting TTP in relation to phishing domains.</p><p>1. Actor registers a new domain (later to be used for phishing).<br />2. Actor points DNS A-records to a legitimate IP-address, often the one you actually later want to imitate.<br />3. A few months later, or weeks, you change the DNS A-records again towards your own VPS with copied content of the site you&#39;re imitating.<br />4. Start phishing.</p><p>Perhaps an obvious tactic, but it was new to me. And I assume that pointing a new domain towards a legitimate IP/domain will give some slightly increased reputation?</p><p>I can certainly see a number of issues with VHOSTing etc, but it&#39;s common enough to at least discuss.</p><p>Anyone seen this, or have thoughts about it?</p><p><a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/ThreatIntelligence\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>ThreatIntelligence</span></a> <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tactic\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Tactic</span></a> <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/Phishing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Phishing</span></a></p>" }, "updated": "2023-06-01T09:19:22Z", "attachment": [], "tag": [ { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://ioc.exchange/tags/threatintelligence", "name": "#threatintelligence" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://ioc.exchange/tags/tactic", "name": "#tactic" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://ioc.exchange/tags/phishing", "name": "#phishing" } ], "replies": { "id": "https://ioc.exchange/users/cstromblad/statuses/110468204766928796/replies", "type": "Collection", "first": { "type": "CollectionPage", "next": "https://ioc.exchange/users/cstromblad/statuses/110468204766928796/replies?only_other_accounts=true&page=true", "partOf": "https://ioc.exchange/users/cstromblad/statuses/110468204766928796/replies", "items": [] } }, "likes": { "id": "https://ioc.exchange/users/cstromblad/statuses/110468204766928796/likes", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 2 }, "shares": { "id": "https://ioc.exchange/users/cstromblad/statuses/110468204766928796/shares", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 0 } }