[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Fake Subpoenas Sent To CEOs For Social Engineering

[Daniel Nowlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Electronic Federal subpoena... Like I would believe that was real.

An anonymous reader writes "The Internet Storm Center notes that emails 
that look like subpoenas are being sent out to the CEOs of major US 
corporations. The email tries to entice the victim to click on a link 
for 'more information.' According to the ISC's John Bambenek: 'We've 
gotten a few reports that some CEOs have received what purports to be a 
federal subpoena via email ordering their testimony in a case. It then 
asks them to click a link and download the case history and associated 
information. One problem, it's [totally] bogus. It's a 
"click-the-link-for-malware" typical spammer stunt. So, first and 
foremost, don't click on such links. An interesting component of this 
scam was that it did properly identify the CEO and send it to his email 
directly. It's very highly targeted that way.'"

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/271018180/article.pl 
<http://rss.slashdot.org/%7Er/Slashdot/slashdot/%7E3/271018180/article.pl>

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Daniel Nowlin
DataCenter Tech III
TelCom DataCenter



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