Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID15107: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on May 5, 2015

Medium

Alert ID:

38694

First Published:

2015 May 6 15:29 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 (RuleID15107) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
Budget2014.xls
Not Available
0xE46E395675D0D8EA02BB13874E6D9DFA

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

> Subject: IMPORTANT - 2014 Budget Needs Update

Message Body:

Our 2014 budget is showing incorrect information that is not allowing us to move forward with our 2015 budget plans. Could you download and update January’s accounts receivable budget so it reflects the correct amount of $5000?
You’ll have to enable the macros to make this changes; save the file to our drive when you’re done so I can report on the changes.
Thanks in advance,

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		2015-May-06 15:29 GMT
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