Re: FoxNews: Paralysis of the Fifth Power

[cardoso <cardosolistas () contraditorium com>]

One of the tricks I teach is to look for anything that looks too juicy.

Those kids don´t know how to be subtle, There´s a common scan running
wild down here where the scammer claims by email the user made a
purchase of CDs, HT hardware and other stuff, and the amount will be
withdrawed from his account if no further action is taken.

Problem is: It´s a truckload of cash, 99,9% of the population DON´T have
such amount of money in their bank accounts. 

People react better and faster to small nisuances. Claim a $4,00 monthly
fee from a popular website and everyone will click the "cancel" button.

But well, those scammers can´t even spell or find a real job, why should
they know about social engineering?


On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:36:31 -0500
Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu> wrote:

> --On Wednesday, August 30, 2006 03:18:34 -0300 cardoso 
> <cardosolistas () contraditorium com> wrote:
> > Lesson#3
> >
> > Fake news on Fox News ?? you really want to pass unnoticed...
> Much better to place fake news on "respected" media sites.  That way all 
> the boobs and rubes will believe it's actually true.  After all, they 
> *already* believe the fake news that's published there.
>
> Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
> Adjunct Information Security Officer
> The University of Texas at Dallas
> http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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