[bioundgrd] Fwd: [IS&T Security-FYI] Newsletter, July 13, 2007

[Gurukarm Khalsa]

IS&T Security would like to bring the below potential spam problem to  
your attention:

Gurukarm Khalsa
for Koch Building Computing Help
biocomp at mit.edu



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3. Postcard Spam Warning
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We'd like to warn MIT computer users about a new wave of spam with  
the subject line "You've received a postcard from a family member!"  
Other variants of this spam email include the following subject  
lines, "BlueMountain.com greeting from a colleague," "July 4th B-B-Q  
Party," and "Independence Day Party."

These messages claim to be greetings from postcard services such as  
americangreetings.com, bluemountain.com and 2000greetings.com, among  
others.

Malicious website links are embedded in the email and appear to  
employ multiple methods to exploit a web browser in order to  
compromise a computer system.

If you haven't gotten one of these emails in your inbox, just give it  
time. There have been enough variants that they can get through spam  
filters. We remind users to be careful opening email and email  
attachments.

To learn more about spam filtering see:
<http://mit.edu/ist/services/email/nospam/>


Monique
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Monique Yeaton
IT Security Awareness Consultant
MIT Information Services & Technology (IS&T)
(617) 253-2715
http://web.mit.edu/ist/security
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