Originally Posted by
nonsense
If you ever have doubts about a strange email, google key phrases from it to see whether other people have already identified it as a scam.
I disagree. STRONGLY.
I
never open weird emails. I get them every few days. Even a preview pane can activate potentially dangerous material in emails. I'd rather miss an email than put myself at risk.
In the example given, an attacker may have WANTED to trigger you to communicate with your financial partners.
On the other hand my financial life is very simple and if it was more complex then a different calculus may apply. I suppose that your bank can hardly criticise you for contacting them and of course can criticise you if you don't.
I made a mistake years ago when I got forename.surname as a gmail account name. People put it in forms all the time. I should have used something like forename.surnamexyz. I should also have started to migrate away from it a number of years ago.
Use of an email provider with GOOD spam filters is your first defence. Google or maybe hotmail (or whatever microsoft call it these days. Outlook?).
There is some discussion about it here in the last few minutes
https://www.kickasspolitics.com
EP 394: Richard Clarke and Robert Knake on Cyber War
or for a link nearer the audio
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...027264941?mt=2
Richard Clarke & Robert Knake on Cyber War
Sorry, they have made it beyond my capacity to provide a link to the audio.