Re: UKNM: Love bug bust

[Ray Taylor]

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Tim [dot] Haywardjwt [dot] com

> asks:


> How do think it worked that out? Perhaps there was a little bit of code

that

> sorted out whether the recipient left the lavatory seat up or down.


I'm only guessing, but if there was a degree of sex discrimination (down

Stefan!) then it could have been done reasonably accurately by name - eg

Tim=m, Tara=f, Alex=?


If it helps the anecdotal research (which I gather JWT's parent company WPP

is quite keen on, Tim ;-) then two people in our office were hit, both men,

both apparently by women. (Both deleted the email, of course.)


I thought it was a clever trick that the code should be disguised as a .txt

even though it was not difficult to spot it for what it was. But why, oh

why, can't some of the many millions we spend on anti-virus software be used

for research and development aimed at spotting the potential for email

attacks?


Presumably because that sort of thing in a shrinkwrap would put bespoke

firewall suppliers out of business.


I guess virus software suppliers are content to wait until the damage is

done before doing anything about it rather than pre-empting attacks.


Ray Taylor



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