Department of Justice Fraudulent Spam Email Variant

25. November 2007 by admin.

Department of Justice Fraudulent Spam Email Variant

US-CERT is aware of reports of a variant of spam e-mail messages claiming to be from the Department of Justice (DOJ), previously reported in “Justice Depart Warns Public of Fraudulent Spam Email.” These messages contain a malicious attachment that supposedly contains information regarding complaints filed against the recipient’s company with the DOJ. The attachment launches malware on the user’s system when opened.

To help protect against this type of attack, US-CERT recommends that users never open attachments from unsolicited email messages. More information on how to safely utilize email attachments can be found in the US-CERT “Using Caution with Email Attachments” Cyber Security Tip.

Source: produced by US-CERT

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