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Re: Strange E-mails
From: "Plesco, Todd" <tplesco () CHAPMAN EDU>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:36:42 -0800
Looks like a Direct Harvest Attack (DHA). Essentially, a probe to glean valid email addresses. One way to foil them is to send non-existent addressed e-mail into /dev/null (aka no response mechanism.) Todd A. Plesco CISM, CBCP Chapman University, Director of Information Security One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866 Phone: (714) 744-7979/Fax: (714) 744-7041 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Chris Kidd Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:58 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] Strange E-mails This may have already been addressed, but we have been receiving a number of strange e-mails - no attachments - with the following in the message: ---------- From: Mrs. Hook [mailto:wswilliamscott5 () gmail com] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:45 AM To: <redacted> Subject: Hello Hi Sir/Madam, Have a nice Day. Regards Hook ---------- Is anyone else experiencing this and if so - any thoughts as to what's behind the e-mails? Thanks, Chris
Current thread:
- Strange E-mails Chris Kidd (Nov 19)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Strange E-mails Timothy Payne (Nov 19)
- Re: Strange E-mails Stanclift, Michael (Nov 19)
- Re: Strange E-mails Martin Manjak (Nov 19)
- Re: Strange E-mails Kevin Wilcox (Nov 19)
- Re: Strange E-mails Ken Connelly (Nov 19)
- Re: Strange E-mails Pete Hickey (Nov 19)
- Re: Strange E-mails Matthew Gracie (Nov 19)
- Re: Strange E-mails Dexter Caldwell (Nov 19)
- Re: Strange E-mails Plesco, Todd (Nov 19)