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I was flabbergasted last week, when my email was compromised and it sent a mail to all of my contacts without subject and with a a very dubious link in it, no text, just the link. OK, that part did not really surprise me, it happens, scan PC, change password and done. The actual surprise is how many people reacted to that mail asking about the "crazy link" I sent them. :doh: that includes my own brother who's supposed to be an internet security specialist :wtf: . I personally do not click on links I don't trust, not even from people I know. When in doubt in send a mail back, asking what it is. Did someone have the same experience? Do you blindly click the links in an email of people even if you know them?
V.
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I was flabbergasted last week, when my email was compromised and it sent a mail to all of my contacts without subject and with a a very dubious link in it, no text, just the link. OK, that part did not really surprise me, it happens, scan PC, change password and done. The actual surprise is how many people reacted to that mail asking about the "crazy link" I sent them. :doh: that includes my own brother who's supposed to be an internet security specialist :wtf: . I personally do not click on links I don't trust, not even from people I know. When in doubt in send a mail back, asking what it is. Did someone have the same experience? Do you blindly click the links in an email of people even if you know them?
V.
V. wrote:
Did someone have the same experience? Do you blindly click the links in an email of people even if you know them?
I've had exactly the same thing happen, it is pretty embarrassing. It may not have been a dodgy link that got into your e-mail. It is pretty easy to set up your own fake Internet hotspot, there are even smartphone apps that'll do it. When you've got one set all you need do is go to a mall, set yourself up as "McDonaldsWifi2" (this is where I suspect I had problems), using the real McDonald's Wifi as your network and sit an intercept unwitting people's traffic as it passes through your phone. The IT manager at the University where I work had such an app as he was in charge of security, he even listed "stolen" student's passwords from security lectures he'd given.
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I was flabbergasted last week, when my email was compromised and it sent a mail to all of my contacts without subject and with a a very dubious link in it, no text, just the link. OK, that part did not really surprise me, it happens, scan PC, change password and done. The actual surprise is how many people reacted to that mail asking about the "crazy link" I sent them. :doh: that includes my own brother who's supposed to be an internet security specialist :wtf: . I personally do not click on links I don't trust, not even from people I know. When in doubt in send a mail back, asking what it is. Did someone have the same experience? Do you blindly click the links in an email of people even if you know them?
V.
V. wrote:
Do you blindly click the links in an email of people even if you know them?
Only if it's pr0n. :rolleyes: Seriously, even if its from someone I know, there must be a short description on what the link is about. I receive spam emails about fake rolex and viagras almost every week, so, in a way, I am able to differentiate or suspect if the URL is spam or not.
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I was flabbergasted last week, when my email was compromised and it sent a mail to all of my contacts without subject and with a a very dubious link in it, no text, just the link. OK, that part did not really surprise me, it happens, scan PC, change password and done. The actual surprise is how many people reacted to that mail asking about the "crazy link" I sent them. :doh: that includes my own brother who's supposed to be an internet security specialist :wtf: . I personally do not click on links I don't trust, not even from people I know. When in doubt in send a mail back, asking what it is. Did someone have the same experience? Do you blindly click the links in an email of people even if you know them?
V.
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I was flabbergasted last week, when my email was compromised and it sent a mail to all of my contacts without subject and with a a very dubious link in it, no text, just the link. OK, that part did not really surprise me, it happens, scan PC, change password and done. The actual surprise is how many people reacted to that mail asking about the "crazy link" I sent them. :doh: that includes my own brother who's supposed to be an internet security specialist :wtf: . I personally do not click on links I don't trust, not even from people I know. When in doubt in send a mail back, asking what it is. Did someone have the same experience? Do you blindly click the links in an email of people even if you know them?
V.
V. wrote:
I was flabbergasted last week
It has been a long time since my flabber has been gasted by anything to do with t'Internets. Purely because I'm nosy, in what way was the link dubious? Is it worth my adding it to my 'special' collection?
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V. wrote:
I was flabbergasted last week
It has been a long time since my flabber has been gasted by anything to do with t'Internets. Purely because I'm nosy, in what way was the link dubious? Is it worth my adding it to my 'special' collection?
Henry Minute Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is. Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.
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V. wrote:
Do you blindly click the links in an email of people even if you know them?
Of course, what could possibly go wrong?
All porn links are safe right?
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V. wrote:
Did someone have the same experience? Do you blindly click the links in an email of people even if you know them?
I've had exactly the same thing happen, it is pretty embarrassing. It may not have been a dodgy link that got into your e-mail. It is pretty easy to set up your own fake Internet hotspot, there are even smartphone apps that'll do it. When you've got one set all you need do is go to a mall, set yourself up as "McDonaldsWifi2" (this is where I suspect I had problems), using the real McDonald's Wifi as your network and sit an intercept unwitting people's traffic as it passes through your phone. The IT manager at the University where I work had such an app as he was in charge of security, he even listed "stolen" student's passwords from security lectures he'd given.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]Surely the use of SSL mitigates that?
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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I have no idea, one asked if I thought she was fat, the other about being single, ... I think the content changed and I never clicked it to verify either ;-)
V.
I'll lodge that in the file marked "Yeah, right" shall I? :rolleyes:
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Surely the use of SSL mitigates that?
Regards, Rob Philpott.
It does, but Hotmail was [is] patchy at best with https. There is an option to use it by default now, but not when I was effected.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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