3600 block of Perry Street: Residential burglary – 2 pm. Officers responded for the report of a burglary in progress. An alert neighbor notified police when he saw a stranger enter his neighbor’s backyard and attempt to break in through a side door. The neighbor also provided a detailed description of the individual involved. When officers arrived they were able to quickly apprehend the individual at the intersection of Perry and 36th Streets. The man was positively identified and he was arrested, charged with burglary and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville.
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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