Wednesday, November 23, 2005

E-mail Scammers Pose as FBI, CIA

From Yahoo news:
SAN FRANCISCO-- The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation today warned computer users not to open a widely circulating e-mail that falsely claims to have been sent by U.S. authorities. The e-mail attempts to trick users into installing a variant of the Sober worm by telling them that they have been spotted on "illegal Web sites," and asking them to click on an attached "list of questions."
Be warned.

2 comments:

  1. I got a zipped file that said "your passwords" from an address I didn't recognize, I didn't open it, or scan it. But I was very suspicious. And I heard sober was out and about info here:
    The big caveat for everybody is that AntiVirus has trouble with catching it, because it changes so quickly.

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  2. Nod32 catches all the variants, as does Trend Micro's product. ClamAV picks it up, as well, so I needn't worry about my Linux machine infecting the Windows ones.

    I've kept informal track for the last 2 1/2 days. I have around 135 of these emails with variants of Sober attached. Some purport to come from the FBI or banks. All told, I have just over 40 different subject lines and senders. The variety is staggering!

    Jack

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