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The first alert involves the use of fraudulent Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) e-mail messages. These unsolicited e-mail messages provide a link to a fraudulent FDIC website. Visitors to this site are directed to download a “Personal FDIC Insurance File” which contains a malicious payload. [...]
Public reports regarding a search engine result poisoning campaign affecting search results for the Montgomery
County Animal Shelter. Users seeking details on rumors about the closure of a “Montgomery County Animal Shelter” may be led to click on illegitimate search results which attempt to download malicious code. The rumors are being spread via e-mail, forums, and [...]
