Sujet : Re: Phishing
De : jl (at) *nospam* 650pot.com (john larkin)
Groupes : sci.electronics.designDate : 10. Sep 2024, 00:08:30
Autres entêtes
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On Mon, 9 Sep 2024 14:50:58 -0700, Joerg <
news@analogconsultants.com>
wrote:
On 9/7/24 5:04 PM, john larkin wrote:
On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 12:11:24 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
wrote:
I'm checking my "deflected" incoming mail to see if anything that
*should* have been allowed through was mistakenly diverted
(false positive).
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I see a fair number of phishing attempts on my "public" accounts.
But, all are trivially identified as such.
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So, how is it that folks (organizations) are so often deceived
by these things? Are users just lazy? Would it be more helpful
to have mail clients make it HARDER to activate an embedded
URL or "potentially compromised" attachment?
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Or, will the stupidity of users adapt, accordingly?
I've noticed that I get very little spam or phishing on Saturday or
Sunday. Do bots get the weekend off?
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Only the unionized bots do.
Oh. Thanks.