----- Forwarded Message ---- *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> *Sent:* Thu, December 9, 2010 7:37:34 AM *Subject:* Phishing, Flash Drives Put Your Information at Risk
Phishing, Flash Drives Put Your Information at Risk Date: December 7, 2010 - 08:30 Sponsor: General Services Department As the holiday season draws near, please be particularly vigilant regarding email greetings that appear to be from friends, family members, or colleagues, and that contain electronic greeting cards (e-cards), links to websites within such cards, or holiday games. Hackers are using clever 'phishing' tactics during the holidays to get you to click on links or attachments that can then infect your machine. Fake e-card greetings, bogus messages that seem to originate from social networking site messages such as facebook or hi5, and even shipment messages falsely claiming you have a holiday package--are all common methods hackers are using to steal your information. Another tactic uses flash drives to spread viruses. Because USB drives or thumb drives, are small, readily available, inexpensive, and extremely portable, they are popular for storing and transporting files from one computer to another. However, these same characteristics make them appealing to attackers, who can store malicious programs on them that can infect your computer. What You Can Do The Office of Information Security has many mechanisms in place to protect Bank systems. However, information security is a shared responsibility. You can help by staying informed and aware. Phishing: Be cautious when opening email attachments. Be alert, and be suspicious of attachments or links in emails, even those that appear to be from someone you know. Many malicious attachments appear to be Word or pdf files. Beware if you receive an official-looking email coming from a commercial account such as an AOL or gmail account. Also, do not forward these emails to anyone. Flash drives: Do not plug an unknown USB drive into your computer. If you find a USB drive, do not plug it into your computer to view the contents or to try to identify the owner. Give it to your IT staff person to examine. ================== "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein "The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice." - Mahatma Ghandhi -- Perom Uch http://perom.businesscard2.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/peromuch http://www.khmernavy.com/ http://www.watkhmersanjose.org/ http://ibuddhi.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
