3400 block of Rhode Island Avenue: At about 12:30 p.m. officers received a complaint of individuals trespassing in a vacant apartment building. When the officers arrived they discovered an individual inside the building. Further investigation revealed that he did not have permission from the owner to be on the property and he also had an open arrest warrant through the Prince George's County Sheriff's Office for obstructing and hindering. He was arrested on the warrant and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville. Additional trespassing charges are pending.
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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