The closest I've ever come to falling for a Gmail phishing attack
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Re: The closest I've ever come to falling for a Gmail phishing attack
#2I think its naive to believe that even the most tech savvy are immune to phishing. People get tired, hurried, stressed - and during those moments anyone's guard can be let down.
Re: The closest I've ever come to falling for a Gmail phishing attack
#3I think its naive to believe that even the most tech savvy are immune to phishing. People get tired, hurried, stressed - and during those moments anyone's guard can be let down.
And then that phishing email with the right theme and message arrives with a perfect timing, when you were just expecting an email like that. It happens.
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#4Pretty smart idea..
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#5Thanks for sharing this - this is fiendishly clever. Even with all the investment in infosec, we're still woefully unprepared to deal with this type of attack. We need to start thinking about new approaches to protect users.
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#6Thanks for sharing this - this is fiendishly clever. Even with all the investment in infosec, we're still woefully unprepared to deal with this type of attack. We need to start thinking about new approaches to protect users.
I think the move has to be from "Keeping your system from being compromised" to "Detecting the compromise after it's happened".
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#7Twitter blocked in my location. Is there a mirror?
Edit: thanks all for help below. Yes very cunning.
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#8Serious question. Does having a chromebook anyway help? How often is the google safe browsing checked?
Wondering if I should do all internet activities inside chromebook only.
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#9To save the click:
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This is the closest I've ever come to falling for a Gmail phishing attack. If it hadn't been for my high-DPI screen making the image fuzzy… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C0W-dCCWQAAl0cn.jpg
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#10Twitter blocked in my location. Is there a mirror? Edit: thanks all for help below. Yes very cunning.
Does this work? https://web.archive.org/web/20170111113845/https:/twitter.co...