Current Threats
June 2010
Numerous US Cable customers have reported receiving e-mail messages from a US Cable email account saying that they have received a message. The email will than offer a link to a phony US Cable webmail site that will prompt you to enter your user name and password.
US Cable will never ask for this information via e-mail. If you have inadvertently entered your user name and password in response to this e-mail, please change your e-mail account password as soon as possible.
You can update your e-mail password via the US Cable Account Management Console. For further assistance please contact your local US Cable office.
A sample email is shown below:
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June 2008
Numerous US Cable customers have reported receiving e-mail messages masquerading as our billing department requesting passwords for their e-mail accounts.
US Cable will never ask for this information via e-mail. If you have inadvertently replied to this e-mail please change your e-mail account password as soon as possible.
You can update your e-mail password via the US Cable Account Management Console. For further assistance please contact your local US Cable office.
A sample email follows:
-------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: From Mywdo Billing Department!
From: "Mywdo Billing Department"
Date: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 8:13 AM
To:
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Dear Mywdo Email Account Owner,
This message is from Mywdo messaging center to all Mywdo email account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused Mywdo email account to create more space for new accounts.
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.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
Email Username :.......... .....
EMAIL Password :................
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
Thank you for using Mywdo!
Numerous US Cable customers have reported receiving e-mail messages from a US Cable email account saying that they have received a message. The email will than offer a link to a phony US Cable webmail site that will prompt you to enter your user name and password.
US Cable will never ask for this information via e-mail. If you have inadvertently entered your user name and password in response to this e-mail, please change your e-mail account password as soon as possible.
You can update your e-mail password via the US Cable Account Management Console. For further assistance please contact your local US Cable office.
A sample email is shown below:
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June 2008
Numerous US Cable customers have reported receiving e-mail messages masquerading as our billing department requesting passwords for their e-mail accounts.
US Cable will never ask for this information via e-mail. If you have inadvertently replied to this e-mail please change your e-mail account password as soon as possible.
You can update your e-mail password via the US Cable Account Management Console. For further assistance please contact your local US Cable office.
A sample email follows:
-------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: From Mywdo Billing Department!
From: "Mywdo Billing Department"
Date: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 8:13 AM
To:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Mywdo Email Account Owner,
This message is from Mywdo messaging center to all Mywdo email account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused Mywdo email account to create more space for new accounts.
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.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
Email Username :.......... .....
EMAIL Password :................
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
Thank you for using Mywdo!
W32/Sober@MM!M681 Lowprofiled Risk virus
