The information below came from an official government source, warning about malicious emails regarding Osama Bin Laden's death. We urge ALL City Employees to be overly cautious about ANY email regarding Bin Laden, whether it comes from an unknown source or SOMEONE YOU KNOW - DO NOT OPEN IT... It would be wise to do the same with your personal email at home as well.
Warning message we received this morning:
The events surrounding the death of Osama Bin Laden will provide an opportunity for malicious actors to create both phishing campaigns and other methods to entice users to visit websites designed to infect computers or to open files loaded with malware.
There have already been some reports of malware associated with images bearing captions along the lines of "Osama Bin Laden's Body."
Recommendations include:
* Do NOT perform any searches for images of Bin Laden's Body.
* Do NOT trust unsolicited email.
* Do NOT click links and attachments in unsolicited email messages.