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vegplot



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 15 6:48 pm    Post subject: This social engineering trick breaking into email accounts Reply with quote
    

This social engineering trick makes breaking into email accounts scarily easy...

https://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/06/19/this-social-engineering-trick-makes-breaking-into-email-accounts-scarily-easy/

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 15 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

clever,i tend to ignore any such requests .if a service goes off i then get pro active to restore it .

vegplot



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 15 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You could always just ask people for their passwords...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opRMrEfAIiI

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 15 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



i spose they leave the doorkey under the mat as well

jema
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 15 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nasty but they do need to have your mobile.

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 15 10:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

could an auto dialler gather enough mobile numbers to pay for itself?

even with a low hit rate and a moderate gain from each hit i would think it worthwhile if one was so inclined

vegplot



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 15 10:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

jema wrote:
Nasty but they do need to have your mobile.


All you need is a honey-pot form and ask for it. I discovered a fake PayPal login site last month (reported and now closed down) which did exactly that. People are conditioned in entering their email and mobile on a form...



Nick



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 15 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
could an auto dialler gather enough mobile numbers to pay for itself?

even with a low hit rate and a moderate gain from each hit i would think it worthwhile if one was so inclined


You need the mobile number *and* the email address of the victim. Autodialler won't help, I should think.

Nick



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 15 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
could an auto dialler gather enough mobile numbers to pay for itself?

even with a low hit rate and a moderate gain from each hit i would think it worthwhile if one was so inclined


You need the mobile number *and* the email address of the victim. Autodialler won't help, I should think.

Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 15 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

jema wrote:
Nasty but they do need to have your mobile.

And your email address.
Neither is hard to get hold of, but not so easy to tie the two together... although there are plenty of sites out there that will ask you for them.

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 15 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

quite a lot of folk have both on their contact details on social media and trade adverts

Nick



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 15 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
quite a lot of folk have both on their contact details on social media and trade adverts


Yep, as with almost all security breaches, human action is the weak point.

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 15 11:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

yep the human is usually the weakest link.

Behemoth



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 15 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think you mean 'organic interface'.

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 15 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

you are borg and i claim my £5

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