[ACTION REQUIRED]

Greybeard

Posts must be relevant to an email exchange where the original sender emphasized in the subject their erroneous expectation that the receiver do something in particular.

Example:

From: {IT guy}
To:
Subject: [ACTION REQUIRED] {IT department} needs your help

You are receiving this message because {IT department} requires your assistance with updating your {management software}. A system you have used in the last 30 days has shown up in one of our audits as having an out of date {management software}. This system can be your {company} issued system, Virtual Machine or a personal system that is remotely managed.

Last logged in username:
Serial number of outdated system: {serial number}

On the system in question, please complete the following steps:
{procedure}

Please email me once you have run the installer and thank you for helping us better support you.

Best regards,
{IT guy}

My response was along the lines of "{serial number} was reported stolen per {ticket id}."

Lorne Kates

@Greybeard said in [ACTION REQUIRED]:

I think you mean

Greybeard

@Lorne-Kates said in [ACTION REQUIRED]:

I think you mean

Survey says: ☒☒☒

error

@Lorne-Kates said in [ACTION REQUIRED]:

@Greybeard said in [ACTION REQUIRED]:

I think you mean

Filed under: Yes, I've actually seen this.

Lorne Kates

@Greybeard said in [ACTION REQUIRED]:

@Lorne-Kates said in [ACTION REQUIRED]:

I think you mean 

Survey says: ☒☒☒

truefact: with the html tags and Netscape 2.0-style color tags, I thought this was another fbmac necro'd thread from CS.

Greybeard

Original span tags copied from the email. So maybe I won't be able to regale the public with the glory of the original red text.

dkf

@Greybeard said in [ACTION REQUIRED]:

I won't be able to regale the public with the glory of the original red text.

And there was much rejoicing!

lolwhat

@Greybeard said in [ACTION REQUIRED]:

Survey says: ☒☒☒

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/images/9/95/Joker_clap.gif/revision/latest?cb=20081127235516

Tsaukpaetra

Actually obeying the tenets of the OP:

From: {Security Engineer | Infrastructure}
Subject: Java and .NET Framework Minimum Version Dependency

Team,

Please feel free to forward this message on as needed.

Our vulnerability management program has identified several key pieces of software in the [COMPANY] environment that are out-of-date and contain significant numbers of security vulnerabilities.

Specifically, JAVA and .NET Framework across the environment are running unsupported, end-of-life versions.
• Java version 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, and 1.8 are present. Only Java 1.8 is currently supported by Oracle.
• .NET Framework versions 1.1.4322, 4, 4.5 and 4.5.1 are present. Only versions 4.5.2 and 4.6.1 or greater are supported by Microsoft.

The Security Engineering team will need your help to identify the minimum .NET Framework and Java version dependency of your application(s), along with the DNS name of the server(s).
The minimum version applies to the server and the client PC running your application.

It is important to be current and up-to-date with our applications. We need to move to the currently supported version to remove vulnerabilities from our environment.

Please review the attached spreadsheet and provide the minimum versions. We will need a response by Friday, 06/17/2016. You may forward the attachment to SecurityEngineering@[COMPANY].com.

Thank you all in advance,

fbmac

This post is deleted!

Weng

Fwd: Your Action Items from Our Leadership Call
From: My boss

Team, Please see (Bigwig's) comments below.

From: Bigwig.
Please communicate the message below to your staff

From: Bigger wig
Please disseminate the following information to all employees
(assorted feel-good wankery about the company)

Seriously guys. The bigger wig would have sent it to all-employees if he didn't want the message to appear to come from you. He's trying to help you not look like do nothing swine and build a relationship with your staff.

PJH

@PJH said in PJH's <s>personnel department</s> thread:

From: Tedore Lado - Information Security Officer
To: vandelay-all
Subject: Action Required: Information Security Bulletin - Malware

All,

Please review the attached Security Bulletin and action accordingly.
Any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Regards

Tedore

In which our 'security officer' ()

explains phishing to apparent 6 year olds,
tries to hoodwink employees into clicking a spammy link in his presentation
gets rather upset because
- some of us saw through it
- couldn't open it anyway and
- forced him to offer up a crippled version that didn't offer the opportunity to get caught

Rest of the story in the lounge for usual raisins.

Lorne Kates

@PJH said in [ACTION REQUIRED]:

tries to hoodwink employees into clicking a spammy link in his presentation

Is that the presentation you found on his USB drive, and modified the spammy link, so instead of going to "ha ha harmless fun u got caught" webpage, it goes to a picture of Goatse with the CEO's face pasted in the butthole?

PJH

@Lorne-Kates said in [ACTION REQUIRED]:

Is that the presentation you found on his USB drive, and modified the spammy link, so instead of going to "ha ha harmless fun u got caught" webpage, it goes to a picture of Goatse with the CEO's face pasted in the butthole?

Nah - it's the one he emailed everyone to apparently get them into the habit () of opening attachments with 'unusual' extensions.

Vault_Dweller

@PJH And for those among us who once had access to the Lounge, but for some reason don't have anymore?

PJH

@Vault_Dweller said in [ACTION REQUIRED]:

@PJH And for those among us who once had access to the Lounge, but for some reason don't have anymore?

 -> Trust_level_3 ->  Join Group.

It's actually a request to join, but most clicking that will get accepted.

Greybeard

@Lorne-Kates said in [ACTION REQUIRED]:

truefact: with the html tags and Netscape 2.0-style color tags, I thought this was another fbmac necro'd thread from CS.

That is <blink>totally awesome!</blink>

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