Re: Email based attack on University
On 3/10/19 5:05 am, Brian wrote:
The starting post has nothing to do with Debian and, one may notice, the
OP has not reappeared to join the conversation and give his considered
opinion. It's a typical c'mon post which should have been ignored.
Oops, pushed the wrong keys, and replied only to Brian.
But I have been lurking. And I asked here as it is perhaps the
broadest group I'm a member of. It is connected to Debian, and Linux in
general IF my initial thought had been more helpful in avoiding such
attacks.
I have been very interested in the bulk of your responses - good general
advice for individuals, but not practicable for businesses who engage
graduates who were trained primarily in one OS - because that is what
business demands, or so my tutors told me in 2005, when I returned to
study after 40 years in the work force. I don't understand it
(business demanding WindOS) given the amount of time wasted with most
daily updates.
My original question had 1 direct answer - no; and several that have
shown why - because the attachment was data and was executed but the
program it called. I get that. What I haven't fathomed is how the
attached file was opened without any interaction beyond reading the note.
A comment this morning (the sun rose about 4 hours ago here; and the
news broke at about sun-set yesterday. Please forgive my sleeping in the
meantime.) was that the ANU is part of the Defence Force training
system. Given the suspected source of the attack, the suggestion now is
that the attack was aimed at Defence Force people.
Keith Bainbridge
keithrbaugroups@gmail.com
+61 (0)447 667 468
Keith Bainbridge
keithrbaugroups@gmail.com
+61 (0)447 667 468
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