Good afternoon,
We just received the following Facebook security risk alert from our IT Director, and I just wanted to pass it along for those who may not be aware of it.
All,
You no doubt have seen news on the security risks of Facebook. For the most part there has been a limited exposure to these risks within Colonial's system, however, we have seen more traffic and some email coming to Colonial users that are a security risk. The suspect email looks exactly like a message from a Facebook server account:
From: Facebook
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 12:53 PM
To: Doe, John
Subject: Amy Davis commented on your photo.
Amy Davis commented on your photo.
To see the comment thread, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?photo.php&fbid=15517575452360etc...<http://www.colpipe.com/>...
If you click on the link, your computer will be infected, and you may expose Colonial Networks and Data to damage and/or exfiltration. You could also be putting your personal information that resides on your machine at risk of theft. At the very least you may make a new friend in the Ukraine or some other hotbed site for organized crime.
Colonial IT works diligently in keeping these folks out of our networks. We block tens of thousands of malicious items on a weekly basis. But one item that evades our systems and is clicked on by a Colonial user can create a bad day. So we need your help in keeping our systems and data safe. This specific issue is impersonating Facebook, but please be aware that any email from just about any source can have a hidden payload posing as an attachment or a link.
You can help by:
* Never opening a Facebook email on your corporate machine.
* When in doubt, delete.
* Never blindly click on a link in any email
Did you know that you can check links by placing your cursor over that link. Try it above, you'll see the link is different from the actual web page that you'll be taken to.
If you do click through on a malicious site you may see a stream of Cyrillic letters flow by and you may also get a pop-up screen that can pose as a virus or Microsoft warning. If you meet with this unfortunate situation, hit ctrl+alt+del, access the TASK MANAGER, go to Processes and END any and all running processes. This may prevent further damage. WARNING:
* If you click OK on that pop-up you will be infected
* If you click CANCEL on that pop-up you will be infected
* If you click the X in the upper right corner on that pop-up you will be infected.
Hope this helps.
Thanks, and have a great weekend everyone!
Earl
Pipeline Records and Information Management Excellence... Get PRIMEd!
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Earl Johnson, Jr., CRM | Corporate Records Manager
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