Categories: US-Cert-Repository

Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Email Scam

Original release date: March 26, 2010 | Last revised: October 23, 2012

US-CERT is aware of public reports of an active email scam. These emails, which appear to come from seemingly legitimate law firms, indicate that someone has filed a copyright lawsuit against the message recipient. The messages may contain malicious attachments or web links. If a user opens the attachment or follows the link, malicious code may be installed on the user’s system.

US-CERT encourages users to take the following preventative measures to help mitigate the security risks:

This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

admin

Share
Published by
admin

Recent Posts

CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on…

10 hours ago

CISA Adds Seven Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added seven new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on…

1 day ago

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on…

6 days ago

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on…

1 week ago

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.  CVE-2026-3502 TrueConf Client…

2 weeks ago

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on…

2 weeks ago

This website uses cookies.