Re: Strange E-mails

["Plesco, Todd" <tplesco () CHAPMAN EDU>]

Looks like a Direct Harvest Attack (DHA).  Essentially, a probe to glean valid email addresses.  One way to foil them 
is to send non-existent addressed e-mail into /dev/null (aka no response mechanism.)

Todd A. Plesco  CISM, CBCP
Chapman University, Director of Information Security
One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866
Phone: (714) 744-7979/Fax: (714) 744-7041


-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Chris 
Kidd
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:58 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Strange E-mails

This may have already been addressed, but we have been receiving a number of strange e-mails - no attachments - with 
the following in the message:

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From: Mrs. Hook [mailto:wswilliamscott5 () gmail com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:45 AM
To: <redacted>
Subject: Hello

Hi Sir/Madam,
                    
               Have a nice Day.
                        
Regards
Hook 
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Is anyone else experiencing this and if so - any thoughts as to what's behind the e-mails?

Thanks,
Chris