Did your company suffer through the "Here you have'' virus, as it is now being called? It was one of the few exciting security events to happen to us guys in a number of years.
Good news: these inconveniences are becoming fewer and farther between as our technological defenses are getting better and smarter.
Bad news: we still are relying on the human element as the last bastion of protecting ourselves against basic attacks like this.
Worse news: even at the human level, the reason that many attacks don't make it is because the attackers are still seemingly unable to both spellcheck and put proper punctuation in sentences...the dead giveway to a bogus e-mail....still.
Look at an excerpt from the 'Here you have' example:
"This is The Document I told you about,you can find it Here."
See the mistakes? Capitalized words in the middle of a sentence, sloppy and incorrect punctuation, etc. Either the bad guys in this situation are either not native English speakers, or they were just stupid or lousy students who goofed off in English class.
Either way, we will only have a short period of time until these types finally get their act together and learn how to use that super-sophisticated advanced technology tool known as 'spellcheck.'
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