The reason a “single sentence solution” is no defence is that the cyber criminals have exploited the natural human tendency to trust.
There is no “one sentence solution” for defending yourself or your organisation against cyber attacks via email
UK Government’s Draft Online Safety Bill: more tweaks but they still want to deny their law abiding citizens encryption and privacy
We are still getting tweaks – but they have not yet addressed taking away our use of end to end encryption. Online Safety Bill tweaked to target scam ads – BBC News Bad laws will only give a political sticky plaster to the technologically uninformed – Smart Thinking Solutions
Here is a story from someone who is happy to see spam email!
Infostealer in a Batch File – SANS Internet Storm Centre The catch is that Xme is a researcher at SANS Internet Storm. Am I the only one to be happy when I see my catch-all mailboxes full of junk? Xme – ISC Handler In this example of a phishing email they …
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More on the Red Cross phishing scam
Following on from this story: Red Cross spam phishing emails doing the rounds – Smart Thinking Solutions Johannes Ullrich, form the SANS Internet Storm Diary, has more details about the payment methods offered: No Bitcoin – No Problem: Follow Up to Last Weeks Donation Scam – SANS Internet Storm Centre
Red Cross spam phishing emails doing the rounds
SANS is reporting an scam in the wild of phishing emails, supposedly from the Red Cross, asking for donations for Ukrainian. Scam E-Mail Impersonating Red Cross – SANS Internet Storm Centre The author, Johannes, has some advice if you are a legitimate charity: “If you are soliciting funds for charitable …
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