Collaborate Disseminate
In the last months I very often was in a position where I needed to send an email attachments with sensitive content to someone whom I didn’t know well personally (so that I could talk to them how set up encryption), but about whom I knew … Continue reading Secure way of sending an email attachment in a user-friendly manner
I recently clicked on a Word .docx file but did not download it to my machine. I was able to see the contents, but it looked vaguely phish-y and am wondering now if it’s possible (and likely) to have downloaded malware by doing this. If so… Continue reading Can I get a virus by clicking on a Word document in an email if I’m using the browser preview and not downloading it?
I don’t usually feel competent enough to ask decent questions, let alone answer one here. But, this is rather urgent, so please be patient with me:
I CANNOT tell if the “secure encrypted message” I got in an email from a “state agency” w… Continue reading Phishing attempt?? – EML attachment from a "trusted source" might be urgent and important, or malware / phishing
I don’t usually feel competent enough to ask decent questions, let alone answer one here. But, this is rather urgent, so please be patient with me:
I CANNOT tell if the “secure encrypted message” I got in an email from a “state agency” w… Continue reading Phishing attempt?? – EML attachment from a "trusted source" might be urgent and important, or malware / phishing [closed]
Bad actors never rest
Creating legitimate-looking fake communications from Google or Microsoft is easy and inexpensive. Novice attackers with little or no coding experience can purchase phishing packs on the dark web that they can customize and th… Continue reading Secure O365 and Secure G Suite for Your Enterprise
I want to be able to spot a phishing email. What are the things to check when investigating and doing forensics on one?
There are some things I know to look for already but I want to get moer technical with it.
Here are some things I al… Continue reading Phishing emails – What do I look for?
The ongoing global spread of the disease precipitates malware infections. Continue reading Coronavirus Campaigns Spread Emotet, Malware
If I send an email with an .exe attachment to an Outlook recipient, the email client blocks the attachment and the recipient has no way of overriding this security setting (short of making certain changes to the registry). If I send the sa… Continue reading Why do email server/clients block executable attachments?
From a bad actor perspective, phishing is the cheapest and easiest way to infiltrate organizations and personal informationto make a profit. By nature, humans are curious and are oft en overconfident when it comes to security. Phishing is an even … Continue reading How to Mitigate Phishing Threats inYour Organization
From a bad actor perspective, phishing is the cheapest and easiest way to infiltrate organizations and personal informationto make a profit. By nature, humans are curious and are oft en overconfident when it comes to security. Phishing is an even … Continue reading How to Mitigate Phishing Threats inYour Organization