Tag Archive for 'NASA'

Phishing email at work

Published
by
iamstuffed
on May 6, 2008
in Miscellaneous
. 0 Comments

Dear E-mail Users,

The new NASA™ Webmail is a fast and light-weight appliction to quickly and easily access your e-mail. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail center. We are deleting NASA™ Webmail to create more space for new email.

To prevent your email from closing you will have to update it below so that we will know that it’s a present used email.

***********************************************
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
User ID:    ……… …..
E-mail Password : ……………
Secret Question : ……………
Secret Answer     : ……………
***********************************************

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently

Thank you for using NASA™ Webmail!
Access Number:    859480KBM

Thanks,
NASA™ Webmail Center
https://webmail.nasa.gov <https://webmail.nasa.gov>

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The above was a phishing email being circulated at work.  I think if an employee fell for that email, they weren’t paying attention.  Why is NASA a trademark? What is the supposed secret question and answer?  The web address is correct, but that’s probably because they forwarded the plain text version of the email.  People really do need to pay more attention to the details!

Water Fountain

Published
by
iamstuffed
on February 12, 2008
in Miscellaneous
. 1 Comment

For a year or two, I’ve kept a water filter pitcher on my desk to filter the water from the water fountain.  At first, I did it because I didn’t like the way the water tasted.  I’m not sure when they put the signs up, but within the last year or so they put this sign above the water fountains:

Water fountain at work

I’m not sure what’s in the water, or whether the sign was put there because someone complained, but I don’t think I’m going to be drinking any unfiltered water at work.