linux-kernel - RE: EDAC list as Trojan Horse distribution ??

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Date:   Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:51:56 +0000
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:     Hermann Ruckerbauer <Hermann.Ruckerbauer@...KnowHow.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     He Zhe <zhe.he@...driver.com>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: EDAC list as Trojan Horse distribution ??

>> Nothing new - just the next spammer attempt. 

> But this was a new class of Spam. So far i got only mass mailing... This was personalized based on my previous e-Mail (did not include this part in my mail)

Somewhat new - combining trawling of public mailing lists for addresses with
a phishing attack trying to get you to open a (presumably) malicious payload.

I haven't personally seen that ... probably my company's e-mail filters blocked it.

-Tony