Monday, August 30, 2021

Phishing Amazon email with subject "Re: [Ama͏z͏o͏n͏ Information Update]"

For the record, this is Amazon phishing email attempt that is recently going around, with subject "Re: [Ama͏z͏o͏n͏ Information Update] [Login Notification ALERTS]: An error occurred in your account, please re-verify your information correctly"

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


From : A͟m͟a͟z͟o͟n͟ ͟P͟r͟i͟m͟e͟ Service <xxxx@xxxx.onmicrosoft.com>
Subject : 
Re: [Ama͏z͏o͏n͏ Information Update] [Login Notification ALERTS]: An error occurred in your account, please re-verify your information correctly








PHISHING LINKs;

Hover over button
1. https://u#####.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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

If you have received this email take further 

  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

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Latest Windows Sysinternals August 18, 2021 release is loosing Windows 7 support

 It's a sad fact, Windows 7 is 10 years old but is still widely being used (mainly because of the rash that is Windows 10) . As a software developer I have to support Win7 still. So it sad, that the latest Windows Sysinternals August 18, 2021 release is now regrettably loosing Windows 7 support. These tools are invaluable for sys admins, and I really wish they would open source them. 

In particular Autoruns v14 does not work on Windows 7. 








Can we have a https://live.win7.sysinternals.com/ ?