1. Adobe Reader Exploit Circulating
(News/CERT)

...ERT is aware of public reports of active exploitation of a recent Adobe Reader vulnerability. This exploit appears to arrive in the form of a maliciously crafted PDF file and leverages the JavaScript ...

2. United States Presidential Election Email Attack
(News/CERT)

...l 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 upda...

3. Bank Acquisitions and Phishing Scams
(News/CERT)

...The email messages may contain a link that, when clicked, will take the user to a fraudulent web site that appears to be a legitimate bank web site. The users may be asked to provide personal informat...

4. DHS Email Scam
(News/CERT)

...ser into an advance fee fraud scam. In some cases, the sender's address has been spoofed so that the email appears to come from a legitimate dhs.gov address.US-CERT encourages users to do the followin...

5. DHS Email Scam
(News/CERT)

...ser into an advance fee fraud scam. In some cases, the sender's address has been spoofed so that the email appears to come from a legitimate dhs.gov address.brbrUS-CERT encourages users to do the foll...

6. Hurricane Gustav and Phishing Scams
(News/CERT)

...a charitable organization asking users to click on a link that will take them to a fraudulent website that appears to be a legitimate charity. The users are then asked to provide personal information ...

7. SSH Key-based Attacks
(News/CERT)

...are of active attacks against linux-based computing infrastructures using compromised SSH keys. The attack appears to initially use stolen SSH keys to gain access to a system, and then uses local kern...

8. SSH Key-based Attacks
(News/CERT)

...are of active attacks against linux-based computing infrastructures using compromised SSH keys. The attack appears to initially use stolen SSH keys to gain access to a system, and then uses local kern...

9. United States Tax Court Phishing Attack
(News/CERT)

...r to come from the "United State Tax Court." (Note the missing "s" on "State.") The URL within the message appears to link to the "ustax-courts.com" domain. US-CERT encourages users to do the followin...

10. Fraudulent Mac OS Security Tool Circulating
(News/CERT)

...gue security scanning tool circulating for Apple Mac OS, known as MacSweeper. The website hosting the tool appears to offer a free scan that when clicked on, highlights purported security issues on a ...