Monday, July 2, 2007

Fake Microsoft patch email

Hackers are now circulating <A HREF="http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci1262589,00.html?track=sy192">fraudulent email claiming to be patch updates from Microsoft,</A> according to security companies and the SANS Internet Storm Center. The deceptive email urges users to go to a fake URL where they can download an "update," which is actually a Trojan Horse that could infiltrate their networks.

The center said it has received several recent reports of fake Microsoft email addressed to specific individuals at the companies where they work. The emails claim that the recipients have been identified as users of Microsoft Genuine Software and that Outlook needs to be patched, according to the center.

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