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Current Activity - Haitian Earthquake Disaster Email Scams and Search Engine Poisoning Campaigns
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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:40:56 -0500
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 US-CERT Current Activity Haitian Earthquake Disaster Email Scams and Search Engine Poisoning Campaigns Original release date: January 13, 2010 at 7:33 pm Last revised: January 13, 2010 at 7:33 pm US-CERT would like to warn users of potential email scams and search engine poisoning campaigns that may circulate regarding the Haitian Earthquake disaster. The scam emails may contain links or attachments which may direct users to phishing or malware-laden websites. Fraudulent search engine results may return similar malicious web links to phishing and malware websites. US-CERT encourages users to take the following measures to protect themselves: * Do not follow unsolicited web links or attachments in email messages. * Maintain up-to-date antivirus software. * Refer to the Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams (pdf) document for more information on avoiding email scams. * Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks document for more information on social engineering attacks. Relevant Url(s): <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-014.html> <http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/emailscams_0905.pdf> ==== This entry is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#haitian_earthquake_disaster_phishing_attacks -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBS05n+9ucaIvSvh1ZAQLFzAgAkBVNMCkdbytEwlP7VNUaJtoyG+Ldmiae uc8rVYBCh0LODSuvaQQrGPPdDy2XZq14vAXOwetMG8vSlRDGO37xB/57oX8CiRpp gQ7ef6HI+j4wAnUJiDubarEDBpqDdL/yWQrddYR1zemG8K+800aCF0M7PsRiUJim YwU8H7v0JsEyRkQu8pfUxAuJ570NKjuMZ/noLgQnv9dwJR9L/SOJT8zKKCF6m4Lg dXZwUIx0PnUlpZ9tzVfhFMJXayOew/8qYKFV/MN0Li/wvhjFYG7PznblyELA1wKG i1rIe+33uJp7G8DUhT4JbgNCZyN8seckJbPDU384v0b8O+FS3t4xQQ== =lMCM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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