There are more scary stories at
http://stupidsecurity.com
Some people think publishing stories like these are wrong ... in security, it
is far better to learn from other people's mistakes than your own.
btw, franck(_at_)sopac(_dot_)org and parry(_at_)aftab(_dot_)com won't receive
this ... they are rejecting my emails as "spam" purely based on my IP address,
which is pseudo dynamic, via a residential ADSL connection.
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 22:29:41 -0500
Valdis(_dot_)Kletnieks(_at_)vt(_dot_)edu wrote:
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:32:28 +1200, Franck Martin said:
For example, you receive an e-mail telling you that there has been a
security breach at PayPal, and you need to log into the site and correct
your info, by using the bogus link they provide.
"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather
straps." -- Emo Phillips
The attached note certainly gave me that sort of feeling...