[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-09 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/9/23 7:21 PM, John Herron wrote: It can be a buzz kill if you visit about:logins on Firefox. Yes, that can be a bit of a surprise to someone not in the know. But if you stop and think about it for a few minutes, any and all password managers absolutely MUST have access to the

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-09 Thread John Herron via cctalk
On Sun, Jul 9, 2023, 7:07 PM Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > PSA: Not all password managers are created equally. > It can be a buzz kill if you visit about:logins on Firefox. >

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-09 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/8/23 4:27 AM, dave.g4...@gmail.com wrote: ... sorry sent this to soon... Things happen. Despite what your browser says, the link itself isn't dangerous. Web browsers aren't dangerous. Its USERS that are dangerous. All the single, or worse zero click, attack vectors tend to imply that

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-08 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On 07/08/2023 8:36 AM CDT Alexander Schreiber via cctalk > wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 08, 2023 at 12:49:43PM +1000, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: > > To be completely honest, Electrotechnology students with 415v DC bench > > supplies and HV caps all learnt very quickly not to catch

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-08 Thread Alexander Schreiber via cctalk
On Sat, Jul 08, 2023 at 12:49:43PM +1000, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: > To be completely honest, Electrotechnology students with 415v DC bench > supplies and HV caps all learnt very quickly not to catch something when > somebody threw it to you. Old electricians wisdom: "Be wary of honking

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-08 Thread Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk
... sorry sent this to soon... > -Original Message- > From: Sellam Abraham via cctalk > Sent: Friday, July 7, 2023 8:24 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Cc: Sellam Abraham > Subject: [cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing > > On Thu, Jul

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-08 Thread Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: Sellam Abraham via cctalk > Sent: Friday, July 7, 2023 8:24 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Cc: Sellam Abraham > Subject: [cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 5:47 PM Doug Jacks

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-07 Thread Doug Jackson via cctalk
To be completely honest, Electrotechnology students with 415v DC bench supplies and HV caps all learnt very quickly not to catch something when somebody threw it to you. Ahhh - The folly of youth :-) Kindest regards, Doug Jackson em: d...@doughq.com ph: 0414 986878 Follow my amateur radio

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-07 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/7/23 2:24 PM, Sellam Abraham wrote: How else are we to know that the capacitor is charged, or that the link is dangerous? You touch your neighbor with it. }:-) Grant. . . .

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-07 Thread KenUnix via cctalk
+ ---| |--- - ZAP On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 6:13 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > >> How else are we to know that the capacitor is charged, or that the link > is > >> dangerous? > > On Fri, 7 Jul 2023, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > > I clicked on the link. Now all of my apes are gone. > >

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-07 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
How else are we to know that the capacitor is charged, or that the link is dangerous? On Fri, 7 Jul 2023, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: I clicked on the link. Now all of my apes are gone. Perhaps your apes planted the malware as a diversion to escape?

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-07 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 12:24 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > > How else are we to know that the capacitor is charged, or that the link is > dangerous? I clicked on the link. Now all of my apes are gone.

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-07 Thread John Herron via cctalk
It probably goes without saying but if you did access the link or submit a password, you'll want to reset any accounts using those credentials. Interesting though. I didn't receive anything, but not complaining :-) Thanks for reporting and the awareness. On Thu, Jul 6, 2023, 6:17 PM KenUnix via

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-07 Thread Alexander Schreiber via cctalk
On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 07:16:38PM -0400, KenUnix via cctalk wrote: > Chuck, > > So what actions are we supposed to take?? Laugh, say "nix try", ignore that phishing attempt and move on with life. > I was going to go to the cloudflair link but got a message that this was a > dangerous site! Do

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-07 Thread Dennis Boone via cctalk
> > It is important to keep everyone aware of phishing attempts, but it's=20 > > also important to make sure when you send warning emails to simply=20 > > delete the actual URL that the criminals provide so that nobody=20 > > accidently clicks on something... > As someone that tends to

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-07 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 5:47 PM Doug Jackson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Kind of like making sure that 400V capacitor was discharged before handing > it to your lab mate in class :-) > How else are we to know that the capacitor is charged, or that the link is dangerous? ;)

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-07 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/6/23 7:47 PM, Doug Jackson wrote: Hi Everybody. Hi, It is important to keep everyone aware of phishing attempts, but it's also important to make sure when you send warning emails to simply delete the actual URL that the criminals provide so that nobody accidently clicks on

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-06 Thread Doug Jackson via cctalk
Hi Everybody. It is important to keep everyone aware of phishing attempts, but it's also important to make sure when you send warning emails to simply delete the actual URL that the criminals provide so that nobody accidently clicks on something... Kind of like making sure that 400V capacitor

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-06 Thread KenUnix via cctalk
Okey Dokey Thanks. On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 7:30 PM Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > You should ignore it, just like all other criminal messages of that kind. > > paul > > > On Jul 6, 2023, at 7:16 PM, KenUnix via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Chuck, > > > > So what actions are we supposed to

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-06 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
You should ignore it, just like all other criminal messages of that kind. paul > On Jul 6, 2023, at 7:16 PM, KenUnix via cctalk wrote: > > Chuck, > > So what actions are we supposed to take?? > > I was going to go to the cloudflair link but got a message that this was a > dangerous

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-06 Thread KenUnix via cctalk
Chuck, So what actions are we supposed to take?? I was going to go to the cloudflair link but got a message that this was a dangerous site! This link looks dangerous This link opens a site that is likely to be harmful Ken On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 6:39 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > Just