June 30, 2010
The following two variations of Spam messages are making the rounds. These messages are fake. Please forward any spam to spam@umdnj.edu and just delete the message. If you are unsure if a message is spam, please contact IT@NJMS at njmts@umdnj.edu with any concerns or questions.
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Dear mail.umdnj.edu Owner,
This message is from UPGRADING messaging center to all mail.umdnj.edu email account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused email account to create space for new accounts. To prevent your account from being deactivated you will have to update it.
CONFIRM YOUR UMDNJ.EDU ACCOUNT
Email Username:
Email Password:
Confirm Password:
Date of Birth:
Warning!!! All mail.umdnj.edu Account owners that refuse to update his or her account within two days of receiving this email will lose his or her account permanently. Thank you for using mail.umdnj.edu Copyright � 2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Attention umdnj.edu Email User
We regret to announce to you that we will be making some vital maintainance on our webmail database (umdnj.edu) users and removal of all unused umdnj.edu Accounts, umdnj.edu site administrator would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 72 hours for security reasons.
YOUR WEBMAIL ACCOUNT CONFIRMATION
Email Username: ( ******* )
Email Password: ( ******* )
Confirm Password ( ******* )
Date of birth: ( ******* )
After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.
Warning!!! Any account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Three days of this update notification will loose his or her account permanently and this procedure is attributed to a routine webmail software update.
Thank you for using umdnj.edu
Webmail Administrator
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June 9, 2010
Two variations of Spam messages are making the rounds. These messages are fake. Please forward any spam to spam@umdnj.edu and just delete the message.
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Attn: Dear Umdnj.edu User
Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit set by your administrator. You may not be able to send or receive new mail until you re-validate your mailbox.
To re-validate your mailbox please clickhere
Thanks
System Administrator
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Dear Valuable Subscriber
This message is from Umdnj messaging center to all Umdnj email owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail center. We are deleting all unused Umdnj email to create more space for new one.To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so that we will know that it's a present used account.
However Umdnj email system has been receiving complaints from our student for unauthorised use of the Umdnj system email. As a result we are making an extra security check on all of our student mailbox in order to protect their information from theft and fraud.
You are advice to click on the link below and fill the columns correctly.
http://www.formchamp.com/form.php?id=952
Note : Incorrect information can lead to penalties, confiscation or suspension of your account.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Thanks
University Of Medicine Dentistry Of New Jersey Management.
March 5, 2010
The Koobface worm is a case study of how swiftly cybercriminals react to emerging trends. Koobface first appeared in the fall of 2008 just as social networks were getting hot. Its creators initially sent Facebook users friendly messages asking them to click on a link to see a video.
Doing so called up another message asking the recipient to click on an executable file * a small computer program * needed to upgrade a video player required to view the video. In a classic bait-and-switch, clicking on the file instead turned over control of the PC to the attackers. The worm then automatically sent similar viral messages from the victim's account to his or her Facebook friends.
Persuading someone to click on the malicious file was huge; it meant the victim was intentionally choosing to run the bad code. So no actual hack of the computer's hard drive was needed. "They've tricked you into doing their dirty work," says Chet Wisniewski, senior analyst at anti-virus firm Sophos.
Koobface's controllers continually refine their pitch, often tying come-ons to celebrity news; they've pioneered new ways to quickly alter the bad code just enough to counteract antivirus filters designed detect malicious programs and block them.
And they've aggressively extended their attacks to large and small social networks, including MySpace, Twitter, Hi5, Bebo, MyYearbook and Friendster. "Their inventiveness is astonishing," says Sergei Shevchenko, senior researcher at anti-virus firm PC Tools.
Thus far, the gang has been content to generate revenue mainly by routing promotions for worthless anti-virus protection or fake drugs to each computer they infect. "The business model is simple, 'low-effort, quick money,' " says Shevchenko.
But there is little stopping Koobface's controllers from renting out infected PCs to other criminals, a common practice. "Horse-trading between botnet operators may result in changes in the way the victim's computer is used over time," says Gunter Ollmann, vice president of research at security firm Damballa.
January 20, 2010
LiFT Software Update
When: Jan 20, 2010 6:30PM
Downtime:1 hour
School / Unit: Central Administration
Affected Areas: Users of Large File Transfer (LiFT) services may not
have service
Details: Software updates will be applied to the LiFT server. These
updates may require a restart of the Large File Transfer services. If
so, the services may be unavailable for up to an Hour or more.
Device or Application:LiFT
Contact:Philippa Hodge, 732-235-4839, hodgeph@umdnj.edu