----- Original Message ----- From: "Emerald Lass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:07 PM Subject: handygirl Fw: Fake Microsoft e-mail contains Trojan virus
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kevin > To: KEVIN McTiernan > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:31 AM > Subject: Fake Microsoft e-mail contains Trojan virus > > > Fake Microsoft e-mail contains Trojan virus > Posted by Steven Musil 6 comments > a.. Share > a.. Digg > b.. Del.icio.us > c.. Reddit > d.. Facebook > e.. Google > f.. Newsvine > g.. Yahoo! Bookmarks > h.. Twitter > i.. Stumbleupon > b.. E-mail > c.. Print > Along with the vulnerabilities that Microsoft patched Tuesday, the > software giant's customers have a new problem to grapple with: a fake > notification e-mail that looks remarkably legitimate. > > > Attackers are apparently taking advantage of Microsoft's Patch > Tuesday to send legitimate-looking e-mails that include a Trojan virus. > Trojan.Backdoor.Haxdoor allows attackers to execute files and steal > information from compromised computers. The fake mailing includes a > legitimate-looking PGP signature, as well as purporting to come from a > real Microsoft employee. > > Christopher Budd, a security program manager in the Microsoft > Security Response Center, offers this perspective on the e-mails in a > security posting: > > > We received some questions from customers about an e-mail that's > circulating that claims to be a security e-mail from Microsoft. The e-mail > comes with an attached executable, which it claims is the latest security > update, and encourages the recipient to run the attached executable so > they can be safe. While malicious e-mails posing as Microsoft security > notifications with attached malware aren't new (we've seen this problem > for several years) this particular one is a bit different in that it > claims to be signed by our own Steve Lipner and has what appears to be a > PGP signature block attached to it. While those are clever attempts to > increase the credibility of the mail, I can tell you categorically that > this is not a legitimate e-mail: it is a piece of malicious spam and the > attachment is malware. Specifically, it contains Backdoor:Win32/Haxdoor." > Dancho Danchev at ZDNet's Zero Day ponders whether the timing of this > malware campaign will affect its success rate. > > "Compared to the recent targeted malware attack against U.S schools, > and the massive fake CNN news items campaign taking advantage of > client-side vulnerabilities, this one is definitely going to have a lower > success rate--no matter the timing," Danchev writes. > > Microsoft's October 2008 security bulletin included four critical > bulletins concerning Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Host > Integration Server, and Microsoft Excel. > > Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News. E-mail Steven. > > > > "Be kinder than necessary because everyone is fighting some kind of > battle.." > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/ > > <*> Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > <*> To change settings online go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/join > (Yahoo! ID required) > > <*> To change settings via email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.1/1727 - Release Date: 10/15/2008 8:02 PM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
