[SEL] Semi OT - Internet Storm Center

[ED]

My son forwarded the following this afternoon.

Ed Stoller
New Fairfield, CT

The Internet Storm Center has upgraded the Internet threat level from
green to yellow.  This is due to a widespread and ongoing attack.
 
The attack may direct your Internet browser from sites that you intend
to visit, to sites that are placing spyware on your computer.  This only
affects web sites that end with "com."  The "net" and "org" (and other)
sites have not been affected (yet).   If you attempt to visit a ".com"
Internet site and get a page that is different from what you expected,
please close the browser and run a scan for viruses and spyware.  Email
for domains that end in ".com" may also experience delivery problems.  I
strongly recommend that everyone avoid sites that require a username and
passcode (like your bank) if it is a ".com" web page, until this threat
has passed.  You should also strive to keep Internet browsing to an
absolute minimum during this event.
 
Network administrators would do well to verify that DNS servers are
secure against cache poisoning.  If you'd like more information, or the
detailed geekspeak, please try these (".org") web sites.
 
http://isc.sans.org/
http://isc.sans.org/presentations/dnspoisoning.php