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Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2024 14:26:39 +0000 From: john larkin <jlarkin_highland_tech> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Phishing Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2024 07:26:38 -0700 Message-ID: <73oodjtrcuvlhp77u0pg6qa07p2ucv8dhh@4ax.com> References: <vbcvp4$eoqp$1@dont-email.me> <p1bkdj59ctultt61aonbi7941sd7s6ervc@4ax.com> <8ekodjd6epf4fm87tktngo9hkbgj845qss@4ax.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 43 X-Trace: sv3-V0FVqTV/a7HgVQ9ckd3iCIZm1hXv2GEAzL+r8ptEYY0LOeSUcKxLBkvBDJ3pxfYzetoMhwoQtLY8/DX!Q+NjBimXIZp03hpw/gZw5KPydcQN90NN+yZJhXGPGrcGXw4HlO0AJpL8ugj0yvzuNfx6o4+V+x9a!lGULRg== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2659 On Sat, 07 Sep 2024 09:18:55 -0400, legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> wrote: >On Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:11:42 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote: > >>On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 12:11:24 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> >>wrote: >> >>>I'm checking my "deflected" incoming mail to see if anything that >>>*should* have been allowed through was mistakenly diverted >>>(false positive). >>> >>>I see a fair number of phishing attempts on my "public" accounts. >>>But, all are trivially identified as such. >>> >>>So, how is it that folks (organizations) are so often deceived >>>by these things? Are users just lazy? Would it be more helpful >>>to have mail clients make it HARDER to activate an embedded >>>URL or "potentially compromised" attachment? >>> >>>Or, will the stupidity of users adapt, accordingly? >> >>Outlook will apparently send anything through, even obvious phishing >>ploys. > >It's a mail application, not an anti-virus filter. It has a tab for reporting phishing which says it helps them keep user' information safe. They seem to ignore the reports. There are lots of things that don't work in Outlook. > >Mail servers of paid ISPs are getting less responsible in that regard, >also, no longer filtering spam 'for free'. > >You're probably your own best mail filter. Yes, I've had to set up my own filters, but I don't have access to the tools that Microsoft presumably has. It's a mild chore, to review and delete the 60 or so spams and phishings per day. But what's granny down the block to do?