blocklist.site, the former website of the Blocklist Project, appears to now be owned by scammers.

[iampytest1@infosec.exchange]

blocklist.site, the former website of the Blocklist Project, appears to now be owned by scammers.

According to public reporting, which I have independently confirmed, blocklist.site redirects to malicious websites when visited. During my testing, I encountered notification scams, a fake "virus detected" screen, and a purported chocolate bar giveaway.

https://github.com/blocklistproject/Lists/issues/1586

When accessed via Tor, a VPN, or when using a known online sandbox, the website redirects to a page claiming the site is for sale.

https://tria.ge/260205-ec9v5sev8c/behavioral1

Over the last few years, the lists have seen intermittent periods of activity, but have been largely abandoned.
While I have not independently confirmed this, I suspect the domain registration for blocklist.site expired, and it was purchased by threat actors.

#BlocklistProject #FilterlistUpdate #Cybersecurity

[iampytest1@infosec.exchange]

I was adding a commit to the MWB to fix this, and almost forgot to include blocklist.site...

[iampytest1@infosec.exchange]

Fixed in the MWB: https://github.com/iam-py-test/my_filters_001/commit/aae78d1610007d5ed72ed07d490011d4f1a8fcbe

Also fixed in Dandelion Sprout's Antimalware: https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/commit/7542d495b6c8a7aaac99b52606f39cd89083355e

And no, I didn't break gyrovague.com. Again.
That I know of.