A fraudulent email is circulating that claims to be from the FDIC. In fact, it is actually a phishing scam. You should not respond to any email that looks like the following:
From: “FDIC”
To:
Subject: you need to check your Bank Deposit Insurance Coverage
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:21:45 -0300
You have received this [...]
The IBM X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report revealed many security problems with the world wide web. The report’s findings show an unprecedented state of Web insecurity as Web client, server, and content threats converge posing a huge risk for web surfers. The report finds more than a 500 percent increase in malicious [...]
Malware Spam Messages Related to Microsoft Outlook, SSL Certificates
US-CERT is aware of public reports of an increased number of spam messages related to Microsoft Outlook or SSL certificates. These messages contain a malicious file or link that claims to provide an update, but in reality, attempts to launch malware on a user’s system. Typically, the [...]
Federal Bureau of Investigation Warns Public of Fraudulent Spam Email
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released information warning the public about fraudulent email messages purporting to come from the FBI or the Department of Homeland Security. These email messages contain a malicious attachment that claims to provide an intelligence report or bulletin, but in [...]
by Art Manion
Adobe Reader and Acrobat JavaScript vulnerabilities
Overview
Adobe Reader and Acrobat contain vulnerabilities in the customDictionaryOpen() and getAnnots() JavaScript methods.
I. Description
Adobe Reader and the Adobe Acrobat family of software is designed to create, view, and edit Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe Reader is widely deployed, and the Acrobat Reader Plug-In displays PDF inside a [...]
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