Grant Schneider I never thought about the fake downloads. I hope you are right since I would hate to see that many people's systems be hacked already. Sadly, the number could be way higher.
Feb 21, 2017 11:19 AM
Grant Schneider I never thought about the fake downloads. I hope you are right since I would hate to see that many people's systems be hacked already. Sadly, the number could be way higher.
Chris Ann Cleland I think that will be blog post for tomorrow: How to check the source code of an email. I will pull up samples of some of the scam ones I am sure to receive today.
Debe Maxwell, CRS yes, one thing I tell my students in the ePRO class is to always add yourself to your own email contacts. That way if you ever see an email from yourself with weird attachment or link, you know to immediately send out a message to everyone in your address address book that you were hacked! Sometimes, people spoof email addresses. When in doubt, look at the source code to be sure it is coming from where you think it is.
I am not a big fan of a bigger government, but I would hope there was an agency we could report these to that would actually take action. I see them as a crime in progress yet no one seems to care.