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Re: [NF] Phishing and other cyber crime
by Gene Wirchenko 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

At 04:59 2016-11-16, Man-wai Chang <changmw(a)gmail.com> wrote: >You need government intervention if not regulation for that. Existing >laws could be applied, right? What good would that do? The phishing would still have occurred. There are laws against murder, but murder still happens. >It's all about *INTENTION**!! If there is an IT mess to clean up, the lack of intention to cause trouble does not make the mess less. [snipped previous] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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Re: [NF] Phishing and other cyber crime
by Gene Wirchenko 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

At 04:28 2016-11-16, Peter Cushing <pcushing(a)whisperingsmith.com> wrote: [snip] >We now have software to stop people plugging their own devices in: > >[link deleted] > >and lots of web filters, but you still have the problem of people >clicking on links in emails. We have started sending out emails >with quiz type questions to try to educate people. > >[link deleted] > >I got 8/9. I blame the lack of tea first thing this morning for the >other one ;-) Both links appear to require JavaScript. Guess what I do not have enabled by default. Guess why. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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[NF] Phishing and other cyber crime
by Peter Cushing 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

Just want to throw this out there and see what other people are doing to keep attacks at bay. We are finding phishing and malware attacks are getting more and more sophisticated and it is getting harder to avoid them. We got hit by a crytowall 4 attack a while ago but fortunately have good backups. Even when we found out which machine it was, nothing showed up when you scanned it with all the virus and other scanners we could get our hands on. We just wiped the machine anyway. We learned the other day about a new type of malware that is extremely dangerous. If it got onto one of the machines that does internet banking (not mentioning the bank name), the machine can be controlled from elsewhere. When the user logs on using their smart card and pin entry devices which are both plugged into the machine, the malware then puts up a screen saying "Authorising account" or some such message with a waiting logo and in the background the hacker is putting payments through on a hidden screen. The hacker then prompts the user (again) for their pin, which authorises the hidden payment(s). I didn't think they could get past not having the card and pin present. We now have software to stop people plugging their own devices in: https://www.endpointprotector.com/ and lots of web filters, but you still have the problem of people clicking on links in emails. We have started sending out emails with quiz type questions to try to educate people. http://www.intronis.com/msp-resources/smb-phishing-quiz/ I got 8/9. I blame the lack of tea first thing this morning for the other one ;-) Thanks, -- Peter Cushing IT Department WHISPERING SMITH This communication is intended for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. The contents are confidential and may be protected in law. Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or email. www.whisperingsmith.com Whispering Smith Ltd Head Office:61 Great Ducie Street, Manchester M3 1RR. Tel:0161 831 3700 Fax:0161 831 3715 London Office:17-19 Foley Street, London W1W 6DW Tel:0207 299 7960

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Document TreeView always opening on VFP startup
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Not sure what I've done, but somewhere I've clicked something to always have the Document TreeView open with each VFP startup. Any ideas how to nix that? I've looked in Tools - Options as well as the Task Pane Manager. My startup program is the Thor.app. Maybe I should check there?

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Excel 2016 & windows 10
by Jean Laeremans 12 Nov '16

12 Nov '16

Hi all, Any reason why 'createobj("excel.application")' doesn't work with this combo ? Cannot test it myself as i don't have it. A+ jml --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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[ADMIN] Brief database interruption
by Ed Leafe 12 Nov '16

12 Nov '16

I worked a little bit today on the DB that holds (among other things) the mail list archives, and fat-fingered a command and messed things up. I restored from my last good backup (yes, always have a backup!) but that was from a little over 24 hours ago, so the more recent messages are missing. I will try to restore them if I have the time tomorrow. -- Ed Leafe

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[OT] - Could hear a pin drop
by Adam Buckland 11 Nov '16

11 Nov '16

Britain : Brexit was the stupidest, most self-destructive act a country could ever undertake. USA : Hold my drink....

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[OT] Congratulations to President Elect Trump
by Michael Madigan 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

Congratulations to President Elect Trump. May God keep him safe as he makes America great again.

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[OT] Impeach Orange Hitler. :)
by Michael Madigan 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

Warning bad language :) https://www.facebook.com/100005983034718/videos/533943353481761/

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Inno Setup Compiler -- shortcut to website
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

I want to add a shortcut during installation to my website too; not just the program. Is that using the SendTo tag?

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