Re: Has anyone seen an increase in URGENT: Critical Security Update from Microsoft SPAM?

[Roger Safian <r-safian () NORTHWESTERN EDU>]

Yeah.we see it here as well.  I am monitoring connections from 41.220. and
41.206. to our VPN as

a method of detecting compromised credentials.

 

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Rob Milman
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 10:01 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Has anyone seen an increase in URGENT: Critical Security
Update from Microsoft SPAM?

 

Hi everyone,

 

We seem to be seeing a large amount of 'spear-phishing' messages over the
weekend with the subject: URGENT: Critical Security Update. It is a
well-crafted message that seems to be fooling a lot of people. Has anyone
else seen increase this in the last few days?

 

Thanks,

 

Rob

 

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