Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID18995: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on October 27, 2015

Medium

Alert ID:

41750

First Published:

2015 October 27 13:46 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 (RuleID18995) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
G-A0287580036267754265.doc
115,744
0x0D0D22C344FEE746942AA4BD9F1DF625

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

> Subject: Your new PHS documents are attached

Message Body:

Delivery of new PHS document(s) Dear Customer Due to a temporary issue with delivering your document(s) via your online account, please find the attached in DOC format for your convenience. We apologize for you being unable to view your accounts and documents online in the usual manner. Please note that, in the interim, we will continue to deliver documents in this manner until the issue is fully resolved. Regards

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-27 13:46 GMT
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