I got this popup when I opened up customize.org (see attached photo).
Credentials popup?
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Credentials popup?
Good Day Community,
I got this popup when I opened up customize.org (see attached photo). I am unsure if this popup is an exploit of some sort?
I got this popup when I opened up customize.org (see attached photo). I am unsure if this popup is an exploit of some sort?
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Re: Credentials popup?
It seems like the website "customize.org" genuinely requires authentication to view the files on it. If you cancel the dialog box, it properly sends you to a web page complaining that you're unauthorized to view the content. This is how this type of authentication is supposed to be implemented. Notice that it says "restricted files," presumably because they don't want just anyone to be able to get a directory listing.
If I had to guess, I would say that customize.org has been taken offline and that the administrators of whatever server the domain points to now have locked up whatever remains of the site so that only they can access the files or bring the server back online. There's probably no front-facing HTML, and if you could see what's there, you would likely just see a bare directory listing of whatever is on the server rather than a website.
Still, as a precaution, I wouldn't enter whatever username and password you previously used for the site, or any legitimate username and password that someone could login to your accounts with for that matter. You don't necessarily know who is running that server or what they do with the usernames and passwords once submitted.
If I had to guess, I would say that customize.org has been taken offline and that the administrators of whatever server the domain points to now have locked up whatever remains of the site so that only they can access the files or bring the server back online. There's probably no front-facing HTML, and if you could see what's there, you would likely just see a bare directory listing of whatever is on the server rather than a website.
Still, as a precaution, I wouldn't enter whatever username and password you previously used for the site, or any legitimate username and password that someone could login to your accounts with for that matter. You don't necessarily know who is running that server or what they do with the usernames and passwords once submitted.
Last edited by athenian200 on 2018-12-13, 11:34, edited 1 time in total.
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