[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Phishing Email IQ Test

[Drew King]

This is precisely why a browser guard is CRITICAL! I never go anywhere 
without one.

Malwarebytes, an extremely reputable company offers their browser guard 
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There's also a Firefox Extension.

Malwarebytes Premium offers real-time web site protection that has saved 
me from opening or being redirected somewhere suspicious.


ALL of the phishing IQ tests are merely picture files. The hyperlinks 
are part of the picture and are completely safe. I did have a tough time 
with them.


Drew King.




On 1/27/2022 9:03 PM, Robert Primak wrote:
> *"Why is hovering over the links potentially dangerous?"*
>
> Hovering Mouse Over Hyperlink Causes Malware Infection
>
> Cybercriminals infect PCs if the user so much as hovers over a 
> hyperlink in a PowerPoint slide.
>
> https://www.pcmag.com/news/hovering-mouse-over-hyperlink-causes-malware-infection
>
> And it hasn't gotten any better since 2017, when this and another 
> banking trojan were discovered.
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
>
>
> On Thursday, January 27, 2022, 08:30:19 PM EST, Wanda 
> <wandakoe at rcn.com> wrote:
>
>
> Why is hovering over the links potentially dangerous?
>
> Wanda Koetz
>
>> On Jan 27, 2022, at 8:07 PM, Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> I don't know what we're supposed to do on any of those items. The 
>> only way I know of to discern what is and what isn't a phishing email 
>> is to hover over the links (which may be dangerous these days)and 
>> check the header information for clues that the sender or the links 
>> do not correspond with known correct originating addresses, company 
>> domains and URLs an, and also to compare the current item with 
>> similar genuine emails we may have received in the past from the 
>> companies we do business with.
>>
>> Without any of these clues, the person being tested is guessing in 
>> the dark. I have personally never done business with any of the 
>> alleged senders except Google. And Google has never sent me an emaill 
>> resembling the sample in the test.
>>
>> This test is in my judgment bogus and misleading, to say the least. 
>> It is worse than useless. And may cause undue alarm in anyone 
>> "failing" this "test". I hope no employer is firing people for 
>> failing similar phishing tests.
>>
>> -- Bob Primak
>>
>> On Thursday, January 27, 2022, 03:12:39 PM EST, Drew King 
>> <dking65 at kingconsulting.us> wrote:
>>
>>
>> All,
>>
>> If I recall correctly, there are 10 tests. Share how well you do!
>>
>> https://www.phishingbox.com/phishing-iq-test 
>> <https://www.phishingbox.com/phishing-iq-test>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Drew King
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