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FBI ESOC has identified an active spearfisching campaign
FBI Enterprise Security Operation Center (ESOC) has identified an active spearfisching campaign that is targeting US government, private sector, and personal email accounts. Be extremely cautious when reviewing all email accounts.If you were not expecting an email, you do not recognize the sender, or you do not recognize the link in the email, do NOT click on any links or attachments. Preliminary information indicates this campaign is extremely widespread and may be targeting a large number of users. These emails are coming from various email addresses and are spoofing government email addresses as well as universities to make them appear more legitimite. The email subjects have included the following: Scan from a Xerox WorkCentre PRO Scan from a Xerox WorkCentre FAX REPORT (Scanned from a Xerox machine) INCOMING FAX REPORT (Scanned from a Xerox machine) Scan from a Xerox Phaser MFP Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Device The emails usually contain links to .ZIP files, in a format similar to the following: https[:]//domain[.]com/efax/incoming/######/####.ZIP In other words - if you don't recognize it = DELETE IT. No Link available. Passed from a USG INFOSEC source. Posted by: Besoeker 2015-07-21 |
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