“Security Update for OS Microsoft Windows” - DON’T OPEN IT!
Posted by StormWarning on 13 Oct 2008 at 01:13 pm | Tagged as: Cyber-security
OK, y’all! They’re at it again. This time with a bogus subject line in an email “Security Update for OS Microsoft Windows” so open it at your own risk! Some people are just dumb enough to open this email and then spread the virus (malware) to everyone in their address book.
According to a new report by McAfee, cyber-criminals are increasingly capitalizing on users looking to protect their PCs with the latest updates. In its bi-annual Security Journal threat report, McAfee noted a jump in the amount of malicious software posing as applications from security vendors.
Almost on cue, news of a Trojan masquerading as a Microsoft update has been made public. The Trojan, identified by Sophos as Mal/EncPk-CZ, is being spread via e-mails with the subject line “Security Update for OS Microsoft Windows.” The e-mails come on the eve of Patch Tuesday, Microsoft’s monthly security update. Users should be aware, however, that Microsoft never delivers its patches through e-mail attachments.
Some people are just dumb enough to open this email and then spread the virus (malware) to everyone in their address book. If you do, please take me out of your email address book (in fact, get me the hell out of your data base, NOW! - cause if you’re that unaware of what’s going on in the World of cybersecurity, then I shouldn’t know you).
Security Update for OS Microsoft Windows
Stormwarning, thank you for the security update.
A perpetual sense of fear and dread seems to pervade American society, today. Your post hints at one facet of it: “According to a new report by McAfee, cyber-criminals are increasingly capitalizing on users looking to protect their PCs with the latest updates.” It’s ironic that users who are pursuing protection for their PCs actually bring about the destruction of their PCs. I wonder if the relentless pursuit for security in other aspects of American life will cause other ironic destructions.
The “relentless pursuit for security in other aspects of American life,” I believe is needed. I realize that you might see it differently, but the fact is that our enemies are adaptive. If we do nothing they will fill that void and attack; if we advance our defenses and securities, we make it harder. So we, IMO, need to stay atleast one step ahead of the bad guys.