Fake Subpoenas Sent To CEOs For Social Engineering

An anonymous reader writes "The Internet Storm Center notes that emails that look like subpoenas are being sent out to the CEOs of major US corporations. The email tries to entice the victim to click on a link for 'more information.' According to the ISC's John Bambenek: 'We've gotten a few reports that some CEOs have received what purports to be a federal subpoena via email ordering their testimony in a case. It then asks them to click a link and download the case history and associated information. One problem, it's [totally] bogus. It's a "click-the-link-for-malware" typical spammer stunt. So, first and foremost, don't click on such links. An interesting component of this scam was that it did properly identify the CEO and send it to his email directly. It's very highly targeted that way.'"

Comments

Subpoena by *email* ??

[nurb432]

If you fall for that you deserve to get taken.

Re:Subpoena by *email* ??

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually my experience in Corperate IT, most C*O executives are dumb enough to open such items.

Cripes most virus infections at corperations come from these dimrods.

You already have real problems.

[Cajun Hell]

So, first and foremost, don't click on such links.

If clicking a link poses even the slightest risk, you need to replace your software ASAP.

Websites don't "run" malware; users download and install malware with execution privileges. Or their defective user agents do it for them. CEOs don't need defective user agents. I'm not sure who does.