Tim Hortons Phishing Email featuring Yeti 42oz Rambler Drink

For the record, this is a Tim Hortons phishing email attempt that is recently going around, with subject line "dga". 

What to do?  Report them, goto bottom of page. 

From : Horton<sufiyanmalik75601@gmail.com> Subject :  dga

PHISHING LINKs;

1. https://t.yesware.com/tt/xxx

How to tell this is a Phishing email ?

1. Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
2. Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the  company's website then forget it.
3. The best way is to 

How to examine Email Message Source ?

Now lets look at message source

1. Outlook.com->Actions->View Message Source. 
2. Gmail.com->More (down arrow to top right)->Show original.

Check for suspicious links, anything that does not originate from apple.com.

Report Phishing Email (not as Spam)

1. Outlook.com->Junk (at Top)->Phishing Scam
2. Gmail.com->More (down-arrow to top right)->Report Phishing 

Report Phishing to Google

If you have received this email, take further action by

1. https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/

Report phishing at Microsoft and government agencies

1. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx

Date Range Filter for Outlook client

Online Data Range picker for Outlook client 

Date Range Picker Outlook Client mainly, and mimics the one on outlook.com

received:>=mm/dd/yyyy

received:<=mm/dd/yyyy

                                    from:username@google.com from:username2@google.com ...

 

 

How to check or change the minimum password length in Windows

On Widows the max password length can be 127 long. I recommend the length of the current year 2025, a min password length of 25 characters long. 

1. Open the command prompt as an Administrator. 
   
   
2. To view the current minimum password length, enter the command 
   
   net accounts 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. To set a minimum password length, enter the command
   
   net accounts /minpwlen:n
   
   Range is 0-14, this has not change in Windows 11. National Institute of Standards and Technology recommends a minimum password length from 8 to 14 characters. 
   
   
   
   
   
   

More uses 

• net accounts /MAXPWAGE:UNLIMITED - do not expire password

1. net accounts /maxpwage:days – This sets the maximum number of days after which the user will have to change the password. Replace days with the desired value. Range is from 1-999. If used unlimited, no limit is set. The value of maxpwage should always be greater than minpwage.
   
   
2. net accounts /minpwage:days – This sets the minimum number of days that must pass before the password can be changed. Replace days with the desired value. Range is from 1-999.
   
   
3. net accounts /uniquepw:number – This sets the number of times after which a password can be used again. Replace number with the desired value. Maximum value is 24.