Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID15756: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 7, 2015

Medium

Alert ID:

39237

First Published:

2015 June 8 17:05 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 (RuleID15756) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
UMZOH2.zip / Automated Clearing House Report.doc
161,280
0x507BD6842C2D4F473C35970C9C10A0E8

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

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Subject: **FW: Transfer (A748680) **
Message Body:

MAXIMUS-logo
Laurthel Hayes III, Manager
Operations
2651 N Coolidge Road
Suite 200

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-June-08 17:05 GMT
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