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Re: Oxford and Google Apps
From: "Santabarbara, Angelo" <asantabarbara () SIENA EDU>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:44:21 -0500
That's just their policy. We have our user services people submit samples and then others add verification. As your "reputation" rises, a smaller number of confirmations are required. However they explicitly state that it always requires more than one. Angelo D. Santabarbara Director Networks & Systems On Feb 19, 2013 12:40 PM, "Bob Bayn" <bob.bayn () usu edu> wrote:
Why should it take more than one "legitimate" report? It seems pretty obvious to me that a password collection form is a password collection form. And a quick peek at the database behind the form will probably show the unrelated variety of victims. As they err on the side of caution, more victims accumulate. Bob Bayn SER 301 (435)797-2396 IT Security Team Office of Information Technology, Utah State University three common hazardous email scams to watch out for: *1) unfamiliar transaction report from familiar business 2) attachment with no explanation in message body 3) "phishing" for your email password* ------------------------------ *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [ SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] on behalf of Santabarbara, Angelo [ asantabarbara () SIENA EDU] *Sent:* Tuesday, February 19, 2013 10:27 AM *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU *Subject:* Re: [SECURITY] Oxford and Google Apps We've been using OpenDNS to block known phishing hosts. We then immediately report the site to phishtank.org as well as Google and usually it gets blocked within a couple of hours if enough legitimate reports are received. Angelo D. Santabarbara Director Networks & Systems Siena College
Current thread:
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps, (continued)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Richard Biever (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Ken Connelly (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Bradner, Scott (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Roger A Safian (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Hall, Rand (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Lorenz, Eva (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Bob Bayn (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Bob Bayn (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Santabarbara, Angelo (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Bob Bayn (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Santabarbara, Angelo (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Roger A Safian (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Bob Bayn (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Mike Porter (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps David Gillett (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Justin C. Klein Keane (Feb 19)
- Re: Oxford and Google Apps Kevin Wilcox (Feb 19)