In
June 2015, 9 U.S. law enforcement officers tragically lost their lives in the
line-of-duty, bringing the year-to-date total to 63. The average age of those
killed in June was 39, and the average tour of duty was approximately 20 years
on-the-job. Two officers had less than 2 years of experience on-the-job, and
both were killed in vehicle-related incidents. Even with the untimely deaths of
these two young officers, the fact that the average age of those killed in June
was 39 and the average tour of duty was roughly 20 years demonstrates that
seasoned officers continue to be vulnerable while on-duty.
There is a new spam campaign in circulation using the Boston Marathon bombings that occurred on April 15, 2013 as a lure. Users are sent an e-mail encouraging them to a watch a video of the explosion. When the user clicks on the enclosed link to watch the video malware is installed on the user’s computer. The following URL patterns have been found in these e-mails: http://[IP-address]/boston.html http://[IP-address]/news.html When the user clicks on one of the links the Kehlios worm is installed on the user’s system which has the capacity to send spam; carry out Distributed Denial of Service Attacks; and steal online currency such as bitcoins. Most major anti-virus vendors have signatures for detecting this malware so users should keep their antivirus programs up-to-date. In addition to the Boston Marathon spam campaign, a West, Texas plant explosion spam campaign has also sprung up. This spam campaign uses similar exploitation techniques as the Boston Marathon spam campaign p
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