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01-09-2006 08:44 PM |
*** IMPORTANT: New worm or wtf?! ***
I've received this e-mail today. I've analyzed the directory where that html document was located (Google Blog from Blogger, hosted on my site) and tried to remove files, but I was unable. Looks like this worm files (or whatever it is?!) have root ownership. I'm not accusing Blogger (Google), because it looks like my Apache server is infected. I was only able to rename the directory...
What do you think I should do now, except to report this to the root of the server?
Quote:
Picture (Metafile) Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 Picture
Dear Sirs:
Cyota, an anti-fraud and security company, is under contract to assist Royal Bank of Canada and its related entities (?RBC?) - A leading Canadian bank - in preventing or terminating online activity that targets RBC?s clients as potential fraud victims.
Cyota has been made aware that you appear to be providing Internet Services to a fraudulent Web site, which is part of a ?phishing scam?*. This activity violates RBC?s copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights and may violate the criminal laws of Canada, the United States and other nations.
E-mail messages have been broadly distributed to individuals by a person or entity pretending to be RBC. These e-mails use RBC?s name and identity (including trademarks) without authorization. The e-mails request recipients to verify and submit sensitive details related to their RBC accounts.
Within the fraudulent e-mail message, there is a link that leads the recipients to a fraudulent website displaying RBC?s copyrighted materials and trademarks. The fraudulent website is located at the following URL address http://www.sweetlatin.com/blog/image.../rbunxcgi.html ) to which you provide services and which is under your control.
The fraudulent website not only represents a misuse of RBC?s intellectual property; its purpose is to improperly obtain personal information of RBC customers in order to fraudulently access their bank accounts. The people behind those websites typically perpetrate identity-theft related activities, such as using customer?s credit cards or bank accounts without authorization. In addition, since the vast majority of all of the e-mails are not being sent to actual RBC customers, the actions serve to damage the reputation and image of RBC.
Please take all necessary steps to immediately shut down the fraudulent website, terminate its availability to the Internet and discontinue the transmission of any e-mails associated with this website.
We understand that you may not be aware of this improper use of your services and we appreciate your cooperation. We specifically would ask that you also take the following actions:
? Please provide us with a tar/zip file of the source code for this site, so that we may analyze it to help prevent further attacks.
? If any customer data has been captured that is stored on your systems or equipment, please send us that data so that the customers to whom that data relates can be notified and take steps to protect their credit.
? Please provide a copy of any records you maintain that indicate the name, contact information, method of payment or similar information that may be useful in helping learn the identity and location of the customer for whom the website has been operated.
Thank you for your cooperation to prevent and terminate this fraudulent activity.
Sincerely,
Cyota Anti Fraud Command Center
Tel: +44(0)800-032-7751 (UK)
Tel: +1-866-408-7525 (US)
Fax: +972-9-9728101 (EU)
Fax: +1-212-208-4644 (US)
E-mail: [email protected] <<mailto:[email protected]>>
cc: Royal Bank of Canada
Tamara Vanmeggelen, Counsel, RBC Law Group
Address: 200 Bay St - 14th Flr, North Tower Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J5
Tel: +1 - 416 974-3435
Fax: +1- 416 974-2217
*?Phishing" is an e-mail scam that attempts to trick consumers into revealing personal information, such as their credit or debit account numbers, checking account information, Social Security Numbers, or banking account passwords, through an imposter?s Web site or in a reply e-mail.
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