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

[john rudy]

Drew

Could you please discuss this at a meeting?  How much time do you need?  I never heard of a browser guard

John

 

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From: LCTG <lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net at lists.toku.us> On Behalf Of Drew King
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:23 PM
To: Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com>
Cc: Lex Computer Group <lctg at lists.toku.us>
Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Phishing Email IQ Test

 

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

Malwarebytes, an extremely reputable company offers their browser guard for free! Both for Firefox and Chrome.

"Malwarebytes Browser Guard gives you a safer and faster web browsing experience. It blocks trackers and malicious websites while filtering out annoying ads and other unwanted content. In fact, you can browse up to four times faster. 

It is the world’s first browser extension that can identify and block new fake tech support scams. And Malwarebytes Browser Guard crushes pop-ups, browser hijackers, and browser lockers with ease."

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/malwarebytes-browser-guar/ihcjicgdanjaechkgeegckofjjedodee?hl=en

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  <mailto:wandakoe at rcn.com> <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  <mailto:bobprimak at yahoo.com> <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  <mailto:dking65 at kingconsulting.us> <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

 

-- 
Drew King

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