Comments on: E-mail Scammers Target Microsoft Users http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/10/e-mail-scammers-target-microsoft-users/ Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing & Computer Security Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:15:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: goodpeople http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/10/e-mail-scammers-target-microsoft-users/#comment-125013 goodpeople Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:20:18 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1144#comment-125013 I agree with Gul. Education is the only solution. Plus that we have to whatever we can at a technical level to protect our sheep. But I fear that there will always be a market for this kind of threat. I agree with Gul. Education is the only solution. Plus that we have to whatever we can at a technical level to protect our sheep.

But I fear that there will always be a market for this kind of threat.

]]> By: Gul http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/10/e-mail-scammers-target-microsoft-users/#comment-124980 Gul Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:31:51 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1144#comment-124980 We just have to 'educate' them. Could be fun, you just take the 'big mouths'/hierarchic superiors/etc in a group, show them how it's funny all the informations you can gather from their social networks and with forged emails and them make them become just a bit paranoid... Then, you just have to look how the information flows ;) Social engineering can be used for that too ;) We just have to ‘educate’ them. Could be fun, you just take the ‘big mouths’/hierarchic superiors/etc in a group, show them how it’s funny all the informations you can gather from their social networks and with forged emails and them make them become just a bit paranoid… Then, you just have to look how the information flows ;)

Social engineering can be used for that too ;)

]]> By: navin http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/10/e-mail-scammers-target-microsoft-users/#comment-124977 navin Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:28:58 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1144#comment-124977 duh!! but meh who cares bout them dopes anyways?? U can take a horse to a watering hole but u can't force it to drink water.....similarly, u can tell dopes to secure themselves a million times, but u can't force them to act logically!! duh!! but meh

who cares bout them dopes anyways?? U can take a horse to a watering hole but u can’t force it to drink water…..similarly, u can tell dopes to secure themselves a million times, but u can’t force them to act logically!!

]]> By: Gul http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/10/e-mail-scammers-target-microsoft-users/#comment-124974 Gul Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:57:15 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1144#comment-124974 Hi guys... I think that majority of people just doesn't realized, that's just a big 'joke'. Remind you of the first years of internet, we were like child (some of us were, actually) with stars in the eyes, and a certain taste to discover what lies in the all new world. But we didn't really knew what shall be founded. know we've grown up and a more prepared to face this hostile lands. But for a lot of people, it's just like what it was for us decades ago... Plus the new bad guys, and not everyone really understand what their up to. "And, you know, when my computer is broken, I only need to reinstall windows"... Yeah, they just are like us decades ago... But they didn't realize that threats are bigger, and are not just about breaking you windows, forcing you to reinstall... I think we really need to make them grow up a little bit. After all, now we are the veterans ;) Hi guys…

I think that majority of people just doesn’t realized, that’s just a big ‘joke’. Remind you of the first years of internet, we were like child (some of us were, actually) with stars in the eyes, and a certain taste to discover what lies in the all new world. But we didn’t really knew what shall be founded. know we’ve grown up and a more prepared to face this hostile lands. But for a lot of people, it’s just like what it was for us decades ago… Plus the new bad guys, and not everyone really understand what their up to. “And, you know, when my computer is broken, I only need to reinstall windows”… Yeah, they just are like us decades ago… But they didn’t realize that threats are bigger, and are not just about breaking you windows, forcing you to reinstall…

I think we really need to make them grow up a little bit. After all, now we are the veterans ;)

]]> By: Cor-Paul http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/10/e-mail-scammers-target-microsoft-users/#comment-124973 Cor-Paul Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:48:31 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1144#comment-124973 @navin I think most current computer users have zero logic anyways :) @navin I think most current computer users have zero logic anyways :)

]]> By: navin http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/10/e-mail-scammers-target-microsoft-users/#comment-124961 navin Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:23:02 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1144#comment-124961 cmon, today people trust Facebook with their most intimate details, and tht's a site tht's not even a decade old!! Most consider Microsoft a demigod company....so an email from them is accepted with Zero logic!! cmon, today people trust Facebook with their most intimate details, and tht’s a site tht’s not even a decade old!! Most consider Microsoft a demigod company….so an email from them is accepted with Zero logic!!

]]> By: Morgan Storey http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/10/e-mail-scammers-target-microsoft-users/#comment-124957 Morgan Storey Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:25:05 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1144#comment-124957 it is mindblowing that people still fall for these scams. it is mindblowing that people still fall for these scams.

]]> By: navin http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/10/e-mail-scammers-target-microsoft-users/#comment-124955 navin Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:03:50 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1144#comment-124955 As always cheers :) As always
cheers :)

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