4400 block of 28th Street: At about 10:40 am officers responded for the report of a theft from auto. The victim/owner told the officers that he parked his 1998 Nissan Maxima by his residence on May 1st. He had not moved the vehicle since then because it needed repair. When he went out to his car this morning he discovered that person(s) unknown had stolen the rear Maryland tag, 3DXR38. No evidence as to those responsible for the theft could be found at the scene.
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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