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Subject: [Blind-Computing] Fw: [Accessible Devices] Use Caution When
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Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:19 PM
Subject: [Accessible Devices] Use Caution When Dealing With
UndeliveredPackage Notices
Some malware attacks are exceedingly clever and innovative, while others
just rely
on tried and true techniques that are fairly reliable no matter how much
users are
told to avoid them. AppRiver is reporting a new threat that falls into
this latter
category--a fake DHL shipping receipt designed with a malicious file
attachment.
DHL is not as recognizable in the United States as FedEx, or UPS, or
plain old US
Post Office shipping, but it is still an easily identified brand. On a
global scale,
DHL is better known, and there is a fair chance--although not
significantly high--that
any random e-mail recipient may have either shipped something with DHL,
or may be
expecting a shipment from DHL, and those are the users that are most
likely to fall
victim to this ploy.
the message translates roughly to, "Due to an error in the shipping
direction, we
were unable to deliver your package. It can be picked up at the post
office, but
first you must print the postal label attached to this email."
Clicking on the file attachment results in opening a compressed folder.
The victim
then must open the folder and execute the malicious file it contains in
order for
the attack to work. Sounds convoluted, but you'd be surprised how
effective it can
be. Years of malware scams have proven that there are more than enough
gullible users
on the Internet--gullible users who speak Spanish and are expecting a DHL
shipment.
With the recent focus on the , the , and the , it's easy to forget that
rudimentary
attacks like this work just fine as well. are another effective method of
propagating
malware that are being used effectively in recent malware attacks.
Let's recap the common sense approach to avoiding malware attacks like
this fake
DHL shipping notification. A) If you don't speak Spanish, just delete it.
B) If you
do speak Spanish, but you aren't expecting a DHL shipment, just delete
it. C) If
you speak Spanish, and you're expecting a DHL shipment, think for a
second about
the poorly written message and whether or not DHL would actually send
such a thing.
D) Remind yourself that no reputable company will send you an email with
a file attachment
like this.
Bottom line--delete the e-mail. If you speak Spanish and you're expecting
a DHL shipment
and you honestly feel it could be legitimate, delete the e-mail, then
visit the DHL
Web site or give it a call and check on the status of your package.
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