Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID19688: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on November 29, 2015

Medium

Alert ID:

42301

First Published:

2015 November 30 14:11 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 (RuleID19688) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
MAB QUOTATION PREORDER- 2015- NOVEMBER 25.ace
96,634
0xC2F2949A53221A7B21BF9E25D291B97B

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

>
Subject: Mab Quotation Register - 25/11/2015

Message Body:

Dear Sir,
Please find attached quotation register for your reference.
Best Regards,
PRAVITHA KRISHNA

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-30 14:11 GMT
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