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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Potential WikiLeaks Phishing Scams

We at tech-DA-hack have recieved an informational email from US-Cert regarding the phishing scams related to the Wikileaks website.The important portion of the mail that we received from the US-Cert website is mentioned here:

"In the past, US-CERT has received reports of phishing scams and
malware campaigns related to topics that are of high-interest to the
U.S. Government or news media, such as the WikiLeaks website. Users'
systems have been compromised by receiving and accessing phishing
emails with subject lines that seem relevant to a high-interest
subject and appear to originate from a valid sender. US-CERT reminds
users to remain vigilant for potential malicious cyber activity
seeking to capitalize on interest in WikiLeaks. Users are advised to
exercise caution in handling any email with subject line, attachments,
or hyperlinks related to WikiLeaks, even if it appears to originate
from a trusted source.

Users must take the following
preventative measures to protect themselves from phishing scams and
malware campaigns:

* Do not follow unsolicited web links in email messages.
* Use caution when opening email attachments. Refer to the Using
Caution with Email Attachments Cyber Security Tip for more
information on safely handling email attachments.
* Maintain up-to-date antivirus software. "

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