GoToo — σ Phish

Rangarajan L
3 min readFeb 4, 2023

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The problem is that people will probably use these large language models to write benign content as well,” WithSecure Intelligence Researcher Andy Patel tells CSO.

“So, you can’t detect. You can’t say that something written by GPT-3 is a phishing email, right?

I pursed my lips as I toggled between the 34'’ OLED monitor and the smaller 27'’ 4K ,my sight caught another parameter which was off, this needs to be tuned as well, I exclaimed. A looming thought engulfed my head —

It would be hard getting out any email campaigns at this rate right ?

Good luck to those small businesses still relying on the hoary email marketing newsletters, I suddenly remembered my Dad and the routine newsletters related to taxation practices.

A sudden chill burst swept from the AC vents.

As always the diligent spam classifier was crawling into the predefined email dumps doing its routine classification job. A notification popped up on my watch!!!

instance camouflage score: -17373738

Wow! I quipped and rose from my chair, that is one outlier score ! I almost spilt the steaming hot 4 sigmatic mushroom coffee as I said this. Let me open this particular instance on my pet brave (browser).

Instance: gmail account sandy63ff9f44@gmail.com

From: GoToo@GoToo.GoToo
Subject: clickbait
Body:

Really! this must be some freaking prank, maybe Sasha— she knew I was working on this statistics project and pretty sure she was tinkering with my workstation. This ain’t remotely well staged, you gotta be funnier than this Sasha — do you remember that socks prank?

I glanced again at the screen — that subject?
As I walked out of the room, the 1st rays of sunlight gleamed on the poster , my go to quote “at least pretend “ lingered on….

My mind couldn’t just get of that regression score , this is one outlier.
At the corner of my room lay an in works board game I was tinkering along with some LED lights , marbles hula hoops of all sizes — along side lay a binder with some patent filing papers. Parts of the Mandalorian model kit from Bandai, and my electric guitar gathering dust in the corner were all parts of the prop.
My phone rings again, dang!!! it’s Sasha — I sense she ain’t happy. The screen auto refreshes.

Instance: gmail account sasha1f43f96@gmail.com

From: GoToo@GoToo.GoToo
Subject: clickbait
Body:

I ignore the notification on my watch this time. Cheap thrills ! I sipped on the reminder of the coffee.

instance camouflage score: -10325679

The Latest streaming episode of the “Upload “ was streaming on my 3rd monitor on mute— beside it lay a limited edition copy of George Orwell’s 1984, my dads gift for my 21th birthday.

I was getting late for my Tango class , Sasha’s gonna dump me or even worse move in to my apartment for good if I miss this one. I made a rush to the loo, could not hold it any longer.

Next Chapter: Nigerian Abagnale?

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