BrianKrebs on Nostr: IDK who Deb Eskew is, but I certainly glanced askew when reading this. See how many ...
IDK who Deb Eskew is, but I certainly glanced askew when reading this. See how many red flags you can spot. This one seems to have them all:
-unbidden attachment (which couldn't be auto-scanned for malware btw)
-no actual greeting or salutation
-a password needed to unlock the attachment
-relevant (if a bit on-the-nose) social engineering involving a podcast ostensibly focused on fraud;
-Google is clearly glancing askew here, too, but kind of tapping out on a verdict because it ultimately made it through.
Published at
2026-04-01 18:46:36 UTCEvent JSON
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