4200 block of Russell Avenue: At about 10 am officers responded for an attempted carjacking/stolen vehicle. When the officers arrived the victim told them that he was approached by two black males in their early twenties who stated that they had a gun and wanted his car. At that time neither of the suspects displayed a weapon. The victim responded by telling them that he too had a gun. He reached into the trunk of his car, grabbed several bottles of water and proceeded to throw them at the two suspects. At this point both suspects gave up on the confrontation and fled the scene. The victim went into his apartment building and once inside realized that he’d dropped his car keys during the altercation. He went back to the parking lot and discovered that his car had been stolen.
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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