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Current Activity - Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Email Scam
From: Current Activity <us-cert () us-cert gov>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:23:31 -0400
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 US-CERT Current Activity Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Email Scam Original release date: March 26, 2010 at 3:20 pm Last revised: March 26, 2010 at 3:20 pm US-CERT is aware of public reports of an active email scam. These emails, which appear to come from seemingly legitimate law firms, indicate that someone has filed a copyright lawsuit against the message recipient. The messages may contain malicious attachments or web links. If a user opens the attachment or follows the link, malicious code may be installed on the user's system. US-CERT encourages users to take the following preventative measures to help mitigate the security risks: * Do not follow unsolicited web links and do not open unsolicited email messages. * Maintain up-to-date antivirus software. * Use caution when visiting untrusted websites. * 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://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8497> <http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/emailscams_0905.pdf> ==== This entry is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#copyright_infringement_lawsuit_email_scam -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBS60Jpz6pPKYJORa3AQK3RggAvRFMNjYQz86BVjII86UB33ROnoOc9yVG guSO5jnFH+d+7UtTH13chV11DX5JA4Mb17gX3ZsPRwhG0Qf/TxTqU1yEnEG7nbY6 4uNPjy5NUS0uTHdszGg02y/9eYDKsFLsqnjS4+5zYXPF6wVEu4eolQHpz2dLUqzk +yFJx7UpMmGBanqBknhitFDv38QAbBGDzdjt6uK/B8hkBNHlxh6g50MkwGOOTabj YW05N32N/MDRB70P3JaWHYuqRaOPafbrzvduxQ6PiqiUMDegv9IqqNuLFdFBZE7A vREOhN/CSpQdQzIPA++McgSJtCyfQe/58q4RiO/Hp79N8PdrUSk3lw== =DnMe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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