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I have my own Office 365 tenant, and yesterday I got an email from the IT manager of an eligible chemical company in India, where the email contains a password-protected PDF. The email did not go to my junk. So (I know that I should not ha… Continue reading If I try to open a PDF that is password protected inside an email, can I harm my PC [closed]
Context: I received an email claiming an order has been shipped for a service that I am subscribed to but did not believe was due for renewal. I panicked and clicked to preview the attached invoice pdf (I previewed it using GMail’s viewer,… Continue reading Do I need to worry about infection from a .PDF from an untrusted sender previewed within GMail?
Context: I received an email claiming an order has been shipped for a service that I am subscribed to but did not believe was due for renewal. I panicked and clicked to preview the attached invoice pdf (I previewed it using GMail’s viewer,… Continue reading Do I need to worry about infection from a .PDF from an untrusted sender previewed within GMail?
Nowadays, many people would attach a sensitive pdf encrypted by Adobe with a password and send it through Gmail with password included (in the same email or different one).
However, I wonder if this practice could give any additional prote… Continue reading When I attach a sensitive pdf encrypted by Adobe with a password, and send it through Gmail with password included, does it make any difference?
Nowadays, many people would attach a sensitive pdf encrypted by Adobe with a password and send it through Gmail with password included (in the same email or different one).
However, I wonder if this practice could give any additional prote… Continue reading When I attach a sensitive pdf encrypted by Adobe with a password, and send it through Gmail with password included, does it make any difference?
Is .txt the only email attachment type that can always be opened without risk?
Source of the claim: Training program on phishing at my company
Continue reading Is .txt the only email attachment type that can always be opened without risk?
I have been struggling a lot with decoding the following message: ">1W)E870@=&AE(‘!A<W-W;W)D(&ES(&-A=&-H+6UE
`". Since I am a newbie in cybersecurity, I do not know how to convert the message above into a re… Continue reading How to decode the following message ">1W)E870@=&AE(‘!A<W-W;W)D(&ES(&-A=&-H+6UE `"?
I’m an expat and recently someone convinced a professor’s assistant to send them scans of my passport and locally issued government residency/visa documentation specifically using LINE (desktop) and not institutional email.
Many people her… Continue reading My passport and other personal documents were sent to someone using LINE rather than institutional email. Does LINE OCR & share info with advertisers? [closed]
I received a sketchy email with a text file. I’d like to know if there’s a group that enjoys investigating files and let me know who/what group sent it or if I should reset my computer. I used to live in China and are rather vocal about th… Continue reading any group to inspect txt attachments? [closed]
Following on to questions like Sandbox for attachment accessment and How do I safely inspect a suspicious email attachment?.
Why don’t we sandbox email clients company-wide?
I must be missing something. Why don’t companies insist on email … Continue reading Why don’t we sandbox email clients company-wide?