100th CS warns of e-mail hoax

Published Oct. 19, 2010
100th Communications Squadron

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- A recent e-mail hoax and virus was discovered to be ongoing in USAFE. HQ USAFE Cyber Surety and Postal communication is informing everyone of customers receiving hoax e-mails from the United States Postal Service, United Parcel Service and Federal Express that include a damaging Trojan virus embedded in an attachment.

The e-mails advise customers to open an embedded document to print a delivery notice required to pick the parcel up at the post office or to inform the company to deliver to their house in three business days. The attachment is an .exe with a Trojan virus. Information regarding the virus is available on the web. Since this month marks the seventh annual National Cybersecurity Month, we are strongly urging everyone to exercise sound cyber awareness.

For more information on National Cybersecurity Month please visit www.StaySafeOnline.org.

For more information, contact the Wing Information Assurance Office at DSN 238-3111 for questions regarding Cyber Security.