Targeted Attack
Targeted Attack Targeted Attack Emails can be sent using any “from” email address so it’s possible for someone to send me an email that appears to come from (e.g.) Joe and from a cobourginternet.com address that doesn’t exist. In most cases, they will guess the name of the person or use a generic name like “reception”. If they work at it, they can find out the name of a worker at your company and use their name. So now you are getting an email from someone you know at a legitimate looking address. There are security measures (DKIM) that are now more common to make sure that the email does in fact come from the address it claims to be from and these are implemented on all Cobourg Internet sites as well as major email suppliers like Gmail and Yahoo. (But maybe the clever Chinese can spoof this too!) You might even reply to the sender by email saying “Did you send this – is it OK to open?” They reply saying “yes”. Then once an innocent looking docum...