spam: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) from Mail.ru

Just a quick FYI -- if you receive mail claiming that your email to a Russian (.ru) email address didn't go through, delete and ignore. Address not found Your message wasn't delivered to asinyutin@inbox.ru because the address couldn't be found or is unable to receive email. It's just trying to get you to open the…
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Is that a scam email?

Yeah, probably.   That's your short answer.  But, if you want to get in the habit of being more confident about it, read on. Signs it's a scam: Bad grammar and poor spelling.  Most of these are coming from overseas from non-native English speakers. "Click here to update your account info" - real emails know…
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95% of successful security attacks are the result of human error

I knew it was high but, wow, 95%! This is from last year but I haven't seen our habits change much.  I still clean up more systems from user-installed junkware (toolbars, etc) than I do actual viruses. Remember, folks, before you click that email link or apply that update some random webpage tells you need…
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