The pictured subject is wanted for an attempted armed robbery that took place on August 1, 2013 in the 5500 block of 45th Avenue Hyattsville, Maryland. The suspect threw the victim to the ground, displayed a handgun and demanded the victim’s property. The suspect was last seen fleeing to the rear of 5501 45th Avenue.
Please contact the Hyattsville City Police Department / Criminal Investigations Section with any information at 301.985.5060.
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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