FBI Warns of Sober Worm E-Mail
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning about e-mail that appears to be sent from the FBI but instead comes from hackers attempting to spread the Sober worm.
The fictitious e-mail indicates the FBI has collected information proving that the user has visited illegal Web sites. The e-mail instructs users to open the attached document to answer a list of questions. But instead of a seeing the list of questions, users infect themselves with the latest version of the Sober worm.
The e-mail appears to come from addresses such as mail@fbi.gov, post@fbi.gov, and admin@fbi.gov. The FBI cautioned that it never sends unsolicited e-mail to the public and is urging computer users who receive the e-mail to report it to the Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov.
