Cyber Spoofed White House eCard Targets Execs

My friend, Mike, at NetWitness, sent me information on a fake White House email that is circulating.

We were involved in the discovery of a Fake White House email that targeted senior government and a few corporate officials as part of Cyber Espionage campaign. The attack was Kneber again, a Zeus variant designed to steel credentials & confidential documents.

Fake White House holiday e-mail is cyber attack
Associated Press: January 6, 2011

Espionage Via Spoofed White House eCard
Network World By Ms. Smith – January 3, 2011

Kneber botnet strikes again, targets gov’t agencies
ComputerWorld.com: By Gregg Keizer – January 4, 2011

Malware Campaign Cyber-Espionage or Cyber-Crime?
eWeek: By: Brian Prince – January 3, 2011

Spam Attack Captures Government Data
InformationWeek: By Mathew J. Schwartz – January 5, 201

Government computers hacked by fake e-mail
WashingtonTimes: By Shaun Waterman – January 5, 2011

Threatpost.com: White House E-Card Scam Part of Larger Zeus-Related Attack
By Dennis Fisher – January 4, 2011