Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID22243: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on April 14, 2016

Medium

Alert ID:

44667

First Published:

2016 April 14 18:51 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 (RuleID22243) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
Donation Receipt 36561536.doc
Not Available
0xBEBBDC71E2B138FB2929D0907FA37A01

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

> Subject: Thank you for your contribution

Message Body:

Hello Richard,
We appreciate your donation to our organization. You are helping to save lives with your $135.00 donation, from credit card account #4432. Your tax deductible receipt - 36561536 is attached below.
Thank you for your generosity. Have a great day!
All of us at Blue Cross

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		2016-April-14 18:51 GMT
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