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Community ManagerMicrosoft Security Fun Friday Week 5! This week's game- Spot the Phish!
Hey there Security Tech Community! We're back with Week 5 of our Security Fun Fridays. This week's game is Spot the Phish! Phishing is a very common cyberattack that typically targets emails and lures victims to click phony hyperlinks that share their personal information. Below I will post 3 screenshots of example Phishing Attacks and I want you to identify the most OBVIOUS ISSUE in each one. The first 2 people to respond in the comments with all 3 correct answers will earn our new "Microsoft Security Star" Badge to add to their profile. I will give everyone until Wednesday 3/19 to guess before I reveal the correct answers and award the badges (so even if 2 people answer before you, they may not be correct). Good luck!
Note: This badge is only given out during Fun Friday games or by being an outstanding member of the community, so it is very exclusive!
SPOT THE PHISH!
Screenshot 1Screenshot 2Screenshot 3
#1: The from address isn't believable for a dedicated Microsoft support account
#2: The "Tunes payment" link text is missing the "i"
#3: This is the toughest of the three. I have to go with "general nonsense" as the most obvious. I can prevent my password from expiring by clicking a link? This sort of implies this is an inactivity warning, not an expiration.
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- Trevor_Rusher
Hi all!
Thanks for playing. I will be awarding the badge to jbmartin6 as the first person to correctly guess all 3! Great job!
1. MS Support Email address is wrong, with some impersonation, 2. Writing Style casual and wordings like "Due to that" 3. Tunes payment should be iTunes 4. Spaces between wordings unusual
#1: The from address isn't believable for a dedicated Microsoft support account
#2: The "Tunes payment" link text is missing the "i"
#3: This is the toughest of the three. I have to go with "general nonsense" as the most obvious. I can prevent my password from expiring by clicking a link? This sort of implies this is an inactivity warning, not an expiration.
