CiscoCISCO-THREAT-41445Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID18551: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on October 8, 2015
Medium
Alert ID:
41445
First Published:
2015 October 9 13:55 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 (RuleID18551) may contain the following files:
| Name | Size in Bytes | MD5 Checksum |
|---|---|---|
| amazon_invoice_99177382.doc | 192,000 | |
| 0xFC0EE9608BAFE055B5C782422C3B0761 |
The following text is a sample of the email message that is associated with this threat outbreak:
> Subject: Undeliverable: Your Amazon.com order confirmation for [email protected]
Message Body:
**Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:
[email protected]
The email address you entered couldn’t be found.
Please check the recipient’s email address and try to resend the message.
If the problem continues, please contact your helpdesk.
[email protected]
The email address you entered couldn’t be found.
Please check the recipient’s email address and try to resend the message.
If the problem continues, please contact your helpdesk.**
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-October-09 13:55 GMT | |
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