UTPA Bronc Notes - Bulletin

Beginning on August 5, 2008 reports of mass emails claiming to be from the CNN.com news Web site began to surface. Currently the subject of the email is “CNN.com Daily Top 10”. These emails are not from CNN, and contain web links to malicious sites that will attempt to install malware purporting to be an Adobe Flash Player upgrade.

In addition, please be aware of possible malware being sent related to the Olympics. These emails may ask the user to click on malicious links.

Remember not to click on links when:

the email was sent by someone you do not know.
the email was sent by someone you might know, but whose name and email address do not match. e.g sender: John Smith <Shjdyu@yahoo.com> or Albert Einstein <stacyB@hotmail.com>
if the email asks you to click a link to “verify” personal details. e.g. “please click the link below to verify your account details”.
the link looks funny. e.g. http://123.123.123.123/dhjeuaUhskw/special_surprise or www.notquite-the-banks-name.com
the web page says you have
- “won a laptop, click here to claim”,
- “a /spyware, click here to download a program to fix it”,
- “been selected as our lucky winner for ....."