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RE: email address "spoofed"
From: "Fields, James" <James.Fields () bcbsfl com>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 14:36:00 -0500
The virus looks at the email domain of the address to which it is sending itself. Example: it wants to send a copy of itself to bob () domainX com (which is grabbed from the email address book on the infected computer). It just spoofs the sender information with something like "admin () domainX com" or "support () domainX com" or similar. I have no idea how you could stop it given how email works today. Your best bet is to send your users a legitimate warning about these and what to watch out for. -----Original Message----- From: Tim Laureska [mailto:hometeam () goeaston net] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 4:59 AM To: security-basics Subject: email address "spoofed" I'm not sure if "spoofing" is the correct term but here is what has happened: Someone is sending out email messages (with virus laden attachments) using our domain name ... they are addressed as coming from support () ourdomainname com (ourdomainame would be our actual domain name) which is an email address that we never set up. My question is how is this done and is there anything we can do to prevent this in the future? The message header looks like this: Received: from your-xhtr8hvc4p [68.55.1.207] by ourdomainname.com (SMTPD32-8.05) id A3C8DF0118; Fri, 05 Mar 2004 04:09:28 -0500 Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 04:07:07 -0500 To: info () ourdomainname com Subject: E-mail account security warning. From: support () ourdomainname com Message-ID: <oruybbfoofisdsegtve () ourdomainname com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--------hggfurquvkrsejwodibt" X-RCPT-TO: <info () ourdomainname com> Status: U X-UIDL: 355598192 Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Ethical Hacking at the InfoSec Institute. Mention this ad and get $545 off any course! All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 10 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Attend a course taught by an expert instructor with years of in-the-field pen testing experience in our state of the art hacking lab. Master the skills of an Ethical Hacker to better assess the security of your organization. Visit us at: http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., and its subsidiary and affiliate companies are not responsible for errors or omissions in this e-mail message. Any personal comments made in this e-mail do not reflect the views of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. The information contained in this document may be confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. This document may contain material that is privileged or protected from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or the individual responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, please (1) be advised that any use, dissemination, forwarding, or copying of this document IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED; and (2) notify sender immediately by telephone and destroy the document. THANK YOU. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethical Hacking at the InfoSec Institute. Mention this ad and get $545 off any course! All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 10 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Attend a course taught by an expert instructor with years of in-the-field pen testing experience in our state of the art hacking lab. Master the skills of an Ethical Hacker to better assess the security of your organization. Visit us at: http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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