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Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing
From: Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:23:11 -0400
Matthew Gracie wrote:
Koerber, Jeff wrote:Since our spam filters don't seem to be working for these Phishing attempts, education is the only other alterative. I was thinking about sending out a phony phishing message to all students.
I suggested something like this to our CIO last year, and he pointed out (rightly) that if we do something like this we're going to lose a huge amount of credibility with our user base.
I've been wrestling with this idea myself for a bit. I think if the end result of clicking on the phish links is educational, not abusive, you can get away with it. We always tell our folks what distinguishes legit messages from phish, and you need to make sure that any "pseudophish" you send follow the criteria. I still think it can be done with care without risking your credibility, but a lot rides on what happens when the fish take the bait. -- Regards, -- Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College www.calfrye.com, www.pitalabs.com "Every hour I live I become an intenser devotee to common sense! --Alice James.
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- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing, (continued)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Bob Bayn (Jun 12)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Gregg, Christopher S. (Jun 12)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Koerber, Jeff (Jun 12)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Jenkins, Matthew (Jun 12)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Paul Russell (Jun 12)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Robin Polak (Jun 17)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing ram smith (Jun 17)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Gary Warner (Jun 17)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Cal Frye (Jun 18)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Matthew Gracie (Jun 19)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Cal Frye (Jun 19)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Dean Halter (Jun 19)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Bob Bayn (Jun 19)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Curt Wilson (Jun 19)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl) (Jun 19)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Dean Halter (Jun 19)
- Re: FYI: Another round of spear Phishing Jesse Thompson (Jun 27)