Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID15157: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on May 7, 2015

Medium

Alert ID:

38750

First Published:

2015 May 8 13:24 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 (RuleID15157) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
vcredist_x64.exe
7,187,034
0x7A0188FF56706B0E5BB9CC4652F91D99

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

>
Subject:** Regards**

Message Body:

Robin Spillman
Robin Spillman | Senior Consultant
WINDWARD | Strategic thinking. Real-world results.™

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-08 13:24 GMT
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