Another Phishing Scam - the BBB and IRS

The Better Business Bureau is warning of an email phishing scam that uses messages claiming to be from the BBB, in an effort to entice users to click on a malicious link. A similar message from the IRS is also making the rounds the past few days. They are targeting upper-level management at major corporations with a targeted mailing list.

The BBB has a warning here: http://www.bbb.org/alerts/article.asp?ID=747 . An interesting writeup (with screenshots) of the phish/malware is here: http://www.secureworks.com/research/threats/bbbphish .

"Safe Computing": be very careful about opening attachments in emails. Make sure your anti-virus is current, and save the attachment first to allow your anti-virus program to check things before you open attachments. And be very careful when a message or web page asks to download/install a program. The SecureWorks analysis clearly shows an attempt to disguise an executable program as a "DOC" file.