In response to several calls we’ve received here at the police station, I want to provide residents some information regarding shots being fired at about 1 AM Wednesday morning. At that time, officers from MRPD, Hyattsville PD, Prince George’s County PD and Bladensburg PD investigated the sound of shots in the area of 29th Street and Arundel Road in the Kaywood apartment complex. Officers on the scene heard approximately eight gunshots, and we received several reports from residents who heard them as well. The responding officers set up a perimeter around 29th and Arundel and thoroughly searched the area. We were not unable to locate any responsible individual(s), nor were we able to find any evidence of damage or injury, and no guns, shell casings or other ballistic evidence could be located.
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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