Re: Storm Worm Warning

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OPEN SOURCE REPORTING INDICATES A NEW OUTBREAK OF ANOTHER STORM WORM

VARIANT DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON IN THE FORM OF E-CARDS.

STORM WORM DEVELOPERS NOTORIOUSLY RELEASE NEW VARIANTS ON HOLIDAYS AND

PREY ON THEIR VICTIMS WILLINGNESS TO OPEN FESTIVE GREETING CARDS.

DETAILS: INTERNET USERS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS OF OPENING E-MAILS THAT

APPEAR TO BE SENT DIRECTLY FROM GREETING CARD COMPANIES SUCH AS

HALLMARK.

CLICKING ON THE EMBEDDED LINKS COULD POSSIBLY DOWNLOAD A MALICIOUS FILE

ONTO A VICTIMS COMPUTER THAT MAY COMPROMISE PERSONAL DATA. HALLMARK HAS

PUBLISHED USEFUL INFORMATION TO ASSIST USERS IN RECOGNIZING AND

MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF THIS NEW SOCIALLY ENGINEERED ATTACK THAT

INCLUDES:

A. HOW TO TELL IF A HALLMARK E-CARD NOTIFICATION IS REAL:

THE SUBJECT LINE OF LEGITIMATE E-CARD NOTIFICATIONS FROM HALLMARK WILL

SAY, " A HALLMARK E-CARD FROM (NAME OF THE SENDER) " NOT A GENERIC TERM

LIKE " FRIEND, " " NEIGHBOR " OR " FAMILY MEMBER. THE E-MAIL NOTIFICATION

WILL COME FROM THE SENDER'S E-MAIL ADDRESS, NOT HALLMARK.COM.

THE NOTIFICATION WILL INCLUDE A LINK TO THE E-CARD ON HALLMARK.COM AS

WELL AS A URL THAT CAN BE PASTED INTO A BROWSER. THE URL WILL BEGIN WITH

HTTP//HALLMARK.COM/ FOLLOWED BY CHARACTERS THAT IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL

E-CARD.

MOVE YOUR MOUSE OVER THE WORDS " CLICK HERE " IN YOUR E-MAIL. IF YOU DO

NOT SEE THE URL ABOVE, IT IS NOT A LEGITIMATE HALLMARK E-CARD. HALLMARK

E-CARDS ARE NOT DOWNLOADED AND THEY ARE NOT .EXE FILES.

IN ADDITION, HALLMARK.COM WILL NEVER REQUIRE AN E-CARD RECIPIENT TO

ENTER A USER NAME OR PASSWORD NOR ANY OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION TO

RETRIEVE AN E-CARD. TO RETRIEVE A LEGITIMATE HALLMARK GREETING CARD,

USERS SHOULD COPY AND PASTE CONFIRMATION CODES DIRECTLY ON THE HALLMARK

PAGE WEBSITE.

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