2 October 2015

Yesterday I received a really well-crafted phishing mail:

Windows Phone Mail App View

When viewed with mail apps on smartphones or tablets this well-made phishing mails look like the real thing.

Viewed with MS Outlook or a web mail client the sender information in the header makes it crystal clear that this email is a phishing attempt:

Phishing mail viewed in Outlook

In my opinion most of the phishing attacks are easy to detect if email apps would offer the option to display at least the full <From> tag from the email header.

It’s hard to understand why Google, Apple and Microsoft make their customer’s life more difficult than necessary.

Have a good weekend!