Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID12500: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on November 19, 2014

Medium

Alert ID:

36474

First Published:

2014 November 20 16:21 GMT

Version:

1

Summary

• Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software.

Email messages that are related to this threat (RuleID12500) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
ttusd.rar / tt.usd.exe
962,560
0x07F360F381D163014DD72EFB8BC2534E

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

> Subject: fwd: T/T

Message Body:

Dear Tr,
Please find here attached copy of T/T made to your account USD: 16.363,00 for payment in advance of 30% S/C n? DYSC20141300195.
Looking forward to hear from you as soon as possible.
Best Regards
Carla Duran
Tavares & E. Faria Tavares, Lda
Rua do Norte Lt75, Bairro das Sete Quintas, 1685-382 Cane?as, Portugal
tel.: +351 219 817 624
fax: +351 219 817 629
EORI N?: PT503472107
e-mail: [email protected]
www.tft.pt

Cisco security appliances can help protect customers during the critical period between the first exploit of a virus outbreak and the release of vendor antivirus signatures. Cisco Web Security Appliances help secure and control web and email traffic by offering layers of malware protection. Cisco security appliances are automatically updated to help 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-November-20 16:21 GMT
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