I've received those from time to time, but haven't followed up on them. The ones I've received have been blank, with no html. I thought they might contain a web bug, but never found any evidence of that. It's been a while since I got one.
Ken On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Aaron Melton <aa...@aaronmelton.com>wrote: > David, > > Are these messages in plain text or HTML format? > > Could they be imbedding objects in the HTML to do reconnaissance of the > system/network? > > Aaron > > On 7/20/12 7:29 PM, David Kovar wrote: > > Good evening, > > > > A mid-sized high tech client got a new CEO a few months ago. Since > coming on board, he's received a steady stream of probe email addresses > from a wide variety of throw away email address. The addresses are most > often Gmail accounts with random letters for the name and for the address. > The subject line and message body are often blank, but they occasionally > contain "Hello". There is no malicious payload. No other messages arrive > from the same address to any employee and the sender's address doesn't show > up via any searches I've conducted. > > > > Any speculation on the purpose of these messages? > > Any ideas on how to trace them back to someone? > > Any ideas on how to stop them? > > Anyone else seeing this? > > > > -David > > _______________________________________________ > > Pauldotcom mailing list > > Pauldotcom@mail.pauldotcom.com > > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > > -- > "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated > and scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for > then it costs nothing to be a patriot." -Mark Twain > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > Pauldotcom@mail.pauldotcom.com > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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