Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID19291: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on November 10, 2015

Medium

Alert ID:

42015

First Published:

2015 November 10 13:50 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 (RuleID19291) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
ETD for PY109080.zip / ETD for PY109080.exe	331,776
0xCF18E588A7FB2BDA49AAAEE5B749CE94

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

> Subject: Payment /ETD for PY109080

Message Body:

Hello
Good morning…
As stipulated in the contract the estimated shipping date is 4 weeks
after BC2950 (03,Nov.2015). So the ETD for PY109080 is between 7th Dec. to 14th Dec.,
we are checking with the forwarder and will inform you the confirmed date.
Or would you like to make it ahead of schedule between 3 to 4th Dec? Please advise!
Also please confirm the attached shipping mark if they are all ok.
Look forward your kind reply
Thank you and have a nice day !
Tks+B’rgds,

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-November-10 13:50 GMT
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