agathorn Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 I received an mail today from DCS world that raised flags in my head. As far as I can tel it did come from DCS world, unless the address was spoofed, but it had just a title, no text in the body, and an invisible image in the body. From: DCS World <noreply@digitalcombatsimulator.com> Subject: Interesting offer here Body: No text, but an invisible image Intel i7-4770k @ 4.4ghz, 32gb ram, GTX 1080ti, Oculus Rift S Advanced apologies if my post contains typos or missing letters. Many of my posts are typed on a laptop with an old keyboard that has a personality all its own.
agathorn Posted August 9, 2019 Author Posted August 9, 2019 I can provide the raw email content if requested, but all the body contains is what appears to be a tracking image from: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/bitrix/tools/track_mail_read.php?tag=sender.eyJSRUNJUElFTlRfSUQiOiIxNzU5NzI4NyJ9 Intel i7-4770k @ 4.4ghz, 32gb ram, GTX 1080ti, Oculus Rift S Advanced apologies if my post contains typos or missing letters. Many of my posts are typed on a laptop with an old keyboard that has a personality all its own.
lobo Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 Received also and deleted. Suspicious. Lobo's DCS A-10C Normal Checklist & Quick Reference Handbook current version 8D available here: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/172905/
agathorn Posted August 9, 2019 Author Posted August 9, 2019 Unfortunately since I have DCS setup as "trusted" in GMail, the tracking image was automatically loaded. I may have to rethink that setting now :( Intel i7-4770k @ 4.4ghz, 32gb ram, GTX 1080ti, Oculus Rift S Advanced apologies if my post contains typos or missing letters. Many of my posts are typed on a laptop with an old keyboard that has a personality all its own.
The_Nephilim Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 well what is we went into the email will we be hacked? I did not click anything in the email just looked inside to see the message? Intel Ultra 265K 5.5GHZ / Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Elite / MSI 4070Ti Ventus 12GB / SoundBlaster Z SoundCard / Corsair Vengance 64GB Ram / HP Reverb G2 / Samsung 980 Pro 2TB Games / Crucial 512GB M.2 Win 11 Pro 21H2 / ButtKicker Gamer / CoolerMaster TD500 Mesh V2 PC Case
agathorn Posted August 9, 2019 Author Posted August 9, 2019 well what is we went into the email will we be hacked? I did not click anything in the email just looked inside to see the message? I didn't see anything outright malicious in the email body. Just the tracking image which at worst just lets someone know you saw it. I'm more concerned with WHY this email got sent as it could **potentially** mean ED has been compromised in some way. Intel i7-4770k @ 4.4ghz, 32gb ram, GTX 1080ti, Oculus Rift S Advanced apologies if my post contains typos or missing letters. Many of my posts are typed on a laptop with an old keyboard that has a personality all its own.
Etirion Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 The newsletter is automated, and the newsletter team forgot to cancel it for this week due to no news, so we got a blank one. It was just the template message, you're all good
agathorn Posted August 9, 2019 Author Posted August 9, 2019 It was just the template message, you're all good Can I ask where you heard that from? I had looked over the recent posts and didn't see anything about this. Intel i7-4770k @ 4.4ghz, 32gb ram, GTX 1080ti, Oculus Rift S Advanced apologies if my post contains typos or missing letters. Many of my posts are typed on a laptop with an old keyboard that has a personality all its own.
sirrah Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=189136&highlight=Newsletter&page=114 See top post by Nineline All safe :thumbup: System specs: i7-8700K @stock speed - GTX 1080TI @ stock speed - AsRock Extreme4 Z370 - 32GB DDR4 @3GHz- 500GB SSD - 2TB nvme - 650W PSU HP Reverb G1 v2 - Saitek Pro pedals - TM Warthog HOTAS - TM F/A-18 Grip - TM Cougar HOTAS (NN-Dan mod) & (throttle standalone mod) - VIRPIL VPC Rotor TCS Plus with ALPHA-L grip - Pointctrl & aux banks <-- must have for VR users!! - Andre's SimShaker Jetpad - Fully adjustable DIY playseat - VA+VAICOM - Realsimulator FSSB-R3 ~ That nuke might not have been the best of ideas, Sir... the enemy is furious ~ GUMMBAH
agathorn Posted August 9, 2019 Author Posted August 9, 2019 https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=189136&highlight=Newsletter&page=114 See top post by Nineline All safe :thumbup: Thank you. I wouldn't have thought to look there. Honestly when something like that happens they should send out a second email explaining it so that everyone sees it. In today's environment people are understandably paranoid. Intel i7-4770k @ 4.4ghz, 32gb ram, GTX 1080ti, Oculus Rift S Advanced apologies if my post contains typos or missing letters. Many of my posts are typed on a laptop with an old keyboard that has a personality all its own.
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted August 9, 2019 ED Team Posted August 9, 2019 Hi all, apologies for the blank mail, we had a small hiccup with the automation. Thanks for letting us know. Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
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