most of these scams prey on social behavior : in this case what some people call the 3 'ta's = wanita, harta, takhta
in this case, the email is 1. 'sent' by an alluringly named female (wanita) 2. 'claims' to someone in authority (takhta) 3. 'promises' the reader 'wealth' (harta) it works like a charm to those middle aged people (in their late 30s and early 40s) who feels they are 'stuck' married with a fat spouse and screaming kids. working for a 'heartless' boss, with credit card debts creating a noose around their necks (keliling pinggang). maybe someone on this list can create an algorithm based on these 3 'ta's ;p On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Hasanuddin Abu Bakar < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Ang Chin Han <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Hasanuddin Abu Bakar >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > DNSSEC will come in handy. Standby mister Amir Haris >> >> I'm behind the times. How does that work? All outgoing emails from >> authorized domains should and could be digitally signed automatically >> by the originating SMTP server with a/the domain key? >> > > Sort of. you can refer this old article > http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/easy-email-sec.html > > > >> _______________________________________________ >> Owasp-Malaysia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia >> >> OWASP Malaysia Wiki >> http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia >> >> OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420 >> > > > > -- > Hasanuddin Abu Bakar > GSEC #28858 > IT Security Engineer > +6017 913 1983 > > Sigma Rectrix Systems (M) Sdn Bhd > No.15 & 15-1, Jalan Equine 9A, > Equine Park, Bandar Putra Permai > 43300 Seri Kembangan Selangor > URL : www.sigmarectrix.com > > Phone : 03-89486696 > Fax : 03-89487796 > Helpdesk : 03-89486596 > > > _______________________________________________ > Owasp-Malaysia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia > > OWASP Malaysia Wiki > http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia > > OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook > http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420 >
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