Malicious Code Spreading Via Valentine’s Day Spam
US-CERT is aware of public reports of malicious code circulating via spam email messages related to Valentine’s Day. These messages contain a link to a website that contains several images of hearts and instructs users to choose one image. If users click on one of the images, they will be prompted to download an executable [...]
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Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
by United States Emergency Readiness Team
I. Motivating Factors
The CERT/CC has composed this Tech Tip to address a growing risk to Internet users without dedicated IT support. In recent months, we have observed a trend toward exploitation of new or otherwise unprotected computers in increasingly shorter periods of time. This problem is exacerbated by a number [...]
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