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Morro Bay - Drone Revisit
On 04/07/2020 15:45, nospam wrote:
In article , David_B wrote: To what harm can a Mac come, just by clicking on a link? that depends if it's one of your links or someone else's. Why are my links any different to those of anyone else? The user is definitely the 'weak link' in the security and safety of any computer system which is why social engineering scams are so popular and successful. And it isn't always necessary to 'click on a link', bits of script or code embedded into an html email can be activated simply by viewing it in a preview panel or window. Not my field of expertise but I do know that it is possible and even a simple embedded graphic such as a logo or a single pixel .gif in an html email can be used to discover the reader's ip address thereby revealing the person's network location and an attacker or hacker then has a start point for various misdeeds, attacks or exploits such as a denial of service attack, or a brute force attack on the router login for example. If the person's operating system or the software/firmware on their router is not patched and up to date there may be many exploits available to an attacker not to mention the possibility of making a direct connection for uploading and installing malicious code directly. = Do you agree? |
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