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United States Presidential Election Email Attack
Last Updated on:
Apr 06, 2010 07:11 PM
US-CERT is aware of public reports of email attacks circulating that are related to the recent U.S. presidential election. The email messages appear to be coming from a seemingly legitimate source and contain a message indicating that additional news coverage of the election is available by following a link. The link directs users to a website that appears to contain a video of the president elect. The website will instruct the user to update to a new version of Adobe Flash Player in order to view the video. This update is not a legitimate Adobe Flash Player update; it is malicious code. If the user downloads this executable file, malicious code may be installed on the system.
US-CERT encourages users to take the following preventative measures to mitigate the security risks:- Install antivirus software, and keep the virus signatures up to date.
- Do not follow unsolicited links.
- Use caution when visiting untrusted websites.
- Use caution when downloading and installing applications.
- Obtain software applications and updates directly from the vendor's website.
- Refer to the Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams (pdf) document for more information on avoiding email scams.
- Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks document for more information on social engineering attacks.
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