Zero Day email attacks

Zero Day email attacks.

January 9, 2009

Is it just me or are others seeing the incidences of malicious spam, e-mail, and virus attacks on the increase. Anecdotally, I firmly believe that the amount of spam I receive is on the increase.

One wonders what the solution is.

Pasted below is an e-mail I received earlier today from a colleague. She received the “Zero Day” warning earlier at her place of work…

I thought others may benefit…

“Today we are again seeing a rash of emails containing links to virus-infected web sites. This latest round of emails appears to come from CNN.com, and asks the user to click on a link to a report on the current Israel-Hamas conflict.

"It is also possible that users could receive a similar email from a known address, even another … employee. Clicking on the links in the email will result in infection to your workstation and proliferation of the virus.

"It is extremely important that staff use caution if they have received an unusual or unexpected email, even from a known source. You are advised to delete unusual, unexpected, or suspicious email, or to contact Customer Support. It is up to all employees to be vigilant in defending against these attacks."

KED

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Kevin Dayhoff: www.westgov.net Westminster Maryland Online www.westminstermarylandonline.net http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/