Forbidden Web

Apr 09, 2008

Email Attack Circulating
US-CERT has seen reports of an email attack that is circulating. This attack is in the form of an email message with the subject line "Evacuation process has been started due to radiation leaks at San Clemente Nucklear Power Station." The message body states that the information is from a trusted news source and encourages users to follow a link to view a video. This link may direct users to a website hosting malicious code.

US-CERT encourages users to do the following to help mitigate the risk:

Install anti-virus software and keep its virus signature files up to date.
Do not follow unsolicited web links received in email messages.
Refer to the Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams 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.

US-CERT will provide more information as it becomes available.