Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Payment Notification Email Messages on May 6, 2014

Medium

Alert ID:

34133

First Published:

2014 May 6 16:59 GMT

Version:

1

Summary

• Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a bank payment notification for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the attachment and view the details. 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 (RuleID9862) may contain the following files:

> remit1.zip
remit1.exe

The remit1.exe in the remit1.zip file has a file size of 1,277,435 bytes. The MD5 checksum, which is a unique identifier of the executable, is the following string: 0xD3B3AA167A756EAF16B14B7B33F29944

The following text is a sample of the email message that is associated with this threat outbreak:

> Subject: Transfer Notification Update

Message Body:
**
Hello,
So sorry for the late response, it was due to logistics on the complexity of your payment. We have however resolved
the 70% installmental payments of your fees, the balance 30% will be paid in 72 Hours from today.
Kindly find attached the swift remittance copies of your payment and confirm from your bank its reflection into your
account.**

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
1	Initial Release		2014-May-06 16:59 GMT
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