Just to be clear exactly how important this topic is and how careful people should be, this is how the hackers were able to gain access to John Podesta’s email and leak many of Hilary’s email transactions. They seemed to have gotten other administration folks this way as well. What this illustrates is how important it is to know where that link is going that you clink on, Janina makes a very strong point. It also demonstrates the importance of 2factor authentication. If Mr. Podesta or others in the administration had 2factor enabled the emails would have remained secure most likely. With 2factor, even if the password is compromised the bad guy can’t get in with out having access to your other devices like your phone. It’s an extra step that adds a ton of security to your services with out much work. Be careful out there.
> On Nov 17, 2016, at 2:44 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Another great, and very reliable way to distinguish the malware from the > genuine article is to examine the link they want you to click. If it > doesn't end with "apple.com," it's most likely bogus, though Apple does > maintain other domains, e.g. icloud.com. > > I like to report these kinds of phishing attacks. I keep a short list of > specific addresses that major companies who are frequent targets of such > attacks have setup for recieving these kinds of reports. I have > addresses for PayPal and for the IRS. In this instance the correct > address to forward this kind of mail is: > > [email protected] > > You do want to forward, as they will need to examine the email's > header--its metadata. > > PS: It's something very much like this that compromised John Podesta's > email that was so much in the news during the U.S. election. He was > fooled by one of these "man in the middle" attacks that got him to > reveal his gmail password. > > Janina > > Andrew Lamanche writes: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I’ve just received two fake emails with the Subject line "Apple Service ID >> unlock it now before you lose it”. This sort of thing has happened before. >> The email tells me that my icloud account associated with itunes is going to >> be locked unless I follow the link in the email. When I read the content >> carefully, the grammar of the email is one of the obvious giveaways. >> Besides the content is all in a table - another odd thing about it. Be >> cautious, everyone. >> >> best wishes >> >> >> Andrew ! >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you >> can reach Cara at [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:[email protected] > Email: [email protected] > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
