Can you Spot the Phishing Email?

It arrived in my Gmail earlier this week. How many clues can you spot?

I’ll give you the first two, it’s unfair not to…

1 – I didn’t order anything, and if I had, it wouldn’t have been using that email address.

2 – terrible spelling and grammar, FedEx would never

3 – the big red flag – a non-FedEx email

4 – the absence of information, there’s no links, tracking number…

5 – Operation Agent. I like the name though

As far as phishing emails go, this one’s obvious; see the LinkedIn one for a more sophisticated example here.

—-> ! Know what’s impressive though? —-> !

The attachment made it through Google’s security checks and filters.  Nicely done guy.

That’s why never let downloads open automatically – more here.

And see how small it is? 4K, tiny. Doesn’t take much to mess your machine up.

Stay sharp out there.

Blog tag = Phishing

 

 

Audi’s Night Vision Assistant

It’s Audi’s Night Vision Assistant.  Neat eh. And crisp, look at those buildings.

Below is Bay Street.

See the time? 4:30pm, the sun hasn’t gone down and it still works.

The yellow rectangles are pedestrians. If there’s a risk of collision, the highlighting turns red and an alarm sounds.

How it works:

It uses a thermal imaging camera, aka an infrared (IR) camera, mounted in the grille.

It can detect pedestrians up to 90m away. Turn the system off via a hard button.

Came up with an idea – a car appears almost all-white when it’s fully loaded with people. Therefore I could use this tech to find 18-wheelers being used for human trafficking, tada.

And that’s me about to get hit.

 

 

Land Rover has a Cactus Mode

Nooo.

It’s really called Land Rover Terrain Response – change the car’s driving dynamics to match road conditions.

Left to right: 

Normal > Snow & Ice > Mud & Ruts > Sand