CiscoCISCO-THREAT-33675Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Purchase Request Email Messages on April 21, 2014
Medium
Alert ID:
33675
First Published:
2014 April 7 13:43 GMT
Last Updated:
2014 April 22 15:40 GMT
Version:
4
Summary
- Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a product inquiry for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the attachment to view the company profile. However, the .zip attachment contains a malicious .exe file that, when executed, attempts to infect the system with malicious code.
Email messages that are related to this threat (RuleID9470 and RuleID9470KVR) may contain the following files:
> Company Profile.zip
Company Profile.exe
Transfer Slip.zip
Payment Details.exe
Account Details.zip
Account Details.exe
Product Inquiry.zip
Product Inquiry.exe
The Company Profile.exe file in the Company Profile.zip attachment has a file size of 1,296,687 bytes. The MD5 checksum, which is a unique identifier of the executable, is the following string: 0xA47B9411C839478C3039E4D424C1638C
The Payment Details.exe file in the Transfer Slip.zip attachment has a file size of 743,488 bytes. The MD5 checksum is the following string: 0x918C4798C2A06883CB337DA220A0178B
A variant of _ Company Profile.exe_ file in the Company Profile.zip attachment has a file size of 1,644,335 bytes. The MD5 checksum is the following string: 0xCBC45648F34F191073B7A150057F3DCF
The Account Details.exe file in the Account Details.zip attachment has a file size of 992,570 bytes. The MD5 checksum is the following string: 0x0FDE879EED9E9741A7390C2B7D385160
The Product Inquiry.exe file in the Product Inquiry.zip attachment has a file size of 1,160,697 bytes. The MD5 checksum is the following string: 0x4C890ED300F026AC383D45F4DE8B2A35
The following text is a sample of the email message that is associated with this threat outbreak:
> Message Body:
Hi,
We are well reputable company based in China, and i’m writing to inquire about your products’ availability and prices as we wish to order a purchase.
Kindly get back to me immediately with your best price it can be offered to me.
Also please view attached our company profile for your reference.
Looking forward to doing business with you.
Mehmood Wali
Purchase/Sales Manager
Wzyuanfei Oriental Trading Company Ltd.
Cell phone: 86+136 2577 9722
Tel: 86+577 +5578 5715
Fax: 86+577 + 6798 2803
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wzyuanfei.com
Or
> Message Body:
**Sir,
Attached is the payment slip of the payment made into your account today.
Please confirm that the account details are correct as attached .
Looking forward to hear from you.
**
Or
> Message Body:
**Dear Sir
please urgently reconfirm the account details before we go on
and make the payment, waiting for your urgent reply hope to do more business with you.
Best Regards
Global Payments and Cash Management
CITIBANK HONG KONG.
Web: www.citibank.com.hk
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +852 81985622
Fax: +852 81985101
**
Or
> Subject: Inquiry and trial order
Message Body:
Dear Sir,
Following the recommendation from our vendor with respect to your products, please find enclosed our product inquiry. Kindly view our requirements and revert back to us with your best offer.
We will be waiting for your prompt response.
Best Regards,
princewill
> Cisco Security analysts examine real-world email traffic data that is collected from over 100,000 contributing organizations worldwide. This data helps provide a range of information about and analysis of global email security threats and trends. Cisco will continue to monitor this threat and automatically adapt systems to protect customers. This report will be updated if there are significant changes or if the risk to end users increases.
Cisco security appliances protect customers during the critical period between the first exploit of a virus outbreak and the release of vendor antivirus signatures. Email that is managed by Cisco and end users who are protected by Cisco Web Security Appliances will not be impacted by these attacks. Cisco security appliances are automatically updated to prevent both spam email and hostile web URLs from being passed to the end user.
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Revision History
| * Version | Description | Section | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Cisco Security has detected significant activity on April 21, 2014. | 2014-April-22 15:40 GMT | |
| 3 | Cisco Security has detected significant activity on April 16, 2014. | 2014-April-17 14:21 GMT | |
| 2 | Cisco Security has detected significant activity on April 7, 2014. | 2014-April-09 12:24 GMT | |
| 1 | Version 1, April 7, 2014, 9:43 AM: Cisco Security has detected significant activity on April 7, 2014. | 2014-April-07 13:43 GMT | |
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