38th and Quincy Streets: Narcotics/warrant arrest – 7:15 pm. Officers stopped a 2000 Mazda for a traffic violation. Further investigation revealed that both the driver and his passenger had open arrest warrants through Prince George’s County for failing to appear in court on charges of driving without a license. The two were removed from the vehicle and placed under arrest for the warrants. A search incident to arrest revealed that both men were in possession of marijuana with a collective weight of 12.4 grams. The two were charged with possession of marijuana 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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