Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID22989: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on May 19, 2016

2016-05-19T19:17:20

Description

Medium Alert ID: 46297 First Published: 2016 May 19 19:17 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 (RuleID22989) may contain the following files: **Name** | **Size in Bytes** | **MD5 Checksum** ---|---|--- MyCV17.wsf | Not Available | 0xB87B234F9BE0C89791EE7AAFC7577E79 The following text is a sample of the email message that is associated with this threat outbreak: > Subject: **A internship?** Message Body: **Hi! I just browsed your homepage, I am very interested in a position or perhaps a internship. I attached my CV for you, please have a look and you will see that I am very qualified. You will not be disappointed, I guarantee. Until next time!** 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. **Related Links** [Cisco Security](<http://www.cisco.com/security>) [Cisco SenderBase Security Network](<http://www.senderbase.org/>) ## Revision History * Version | Description | Section | Date ---|---|---|--- 1 | Initial Release | | 2016-May-19 19:17 GMT Show Less * * * ## Legal Disclaimer * THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND DOES NOT IMPLY ANY KIND OF GUARANTEE OR WARRANTY, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE. YOUR USE OF THE INFORMATION ON THE DOCUMENT OR MATERIALS LINKED FROM THE DOCUMENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. CISCO RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OR UPDATE ALERTS AT ANY TIME. A standalone copy or paraphrase of the text of this document that omits the distribution URL is an uncontrolled copy and may lack important information or contain factual errors. The information in this document is intended for end users of Cisco products

{"id": "CISCO-THREAT-46297", "type": "ciscothreats", "bulletinFamily": "info", "title": "Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID22989: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on May 19, 2016", "description": "Medium\n\nAlert ID: \n\n46297\n\nFirst Published:\n\n2016 May 19 19:17 GMT\n\nVersion: \n\n1\n\n## \n\nSummary \n\n * Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. \n \nEmail messages that are related to this threat (RuleID22989) may contain the following files: \n \n**Name** | **Size in Bytes** | **MD5 Checksum** \n---|---|--- \nMyCV17.wsf \n| Not Available \n| 0xB87B234F9BE0C89791EE7AAFC7577E79 \n \n \nThe following text is a sample of the email message that is associated with this threat outbreak: \n\n\n> Subject: **A internship?** \n \nMessage Body: \n \n**Hi! \n \nI just browsed your homepage, I am very interested in a position or perhaps a internship. \nI attached my CV for you, please have a look and you will see that I am very qualified. \nYou will not be disappointed, I guarantee. \n \nUntil next time!** \n\n\nCisco 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. \n \n**Related Links** \n[Cisco Security](<http://www.cisco.com/security>) \n[Cisco SenderBase Security Network](<http://www.senderbase.org/>)\n\n## \n\nRevision History \n\n * Version | Description | Section | Date \n---|---|---|--- \n1 | Initial Release | | 2016-May-19 19:17 GMT \nShow Less\n\n* * *\n\n## \n\nLegal Disclaimer \n\n * THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN \"AS IS\" BASIS AND DOES NOT IMPLY ANY KIND OF GUARANTEE OR WARRANTY, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE. YOUR USE OF THE INFORMATION ON THE DOCUMENT OR MATERIALS LINKED FROM THE DOCUMENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. CISCO RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OR UPDATE ALERTS AT ANY TIME. \n\nA standalone copy or paraphrase of the text of this document that omits the distribution URL is an uncontrolled copy and may lack important information or contain factual errors. The information in this document is intended for end users of Cisco products \n", "published": "2016-05-19T19:17:20", "modified": "2016-05-19T19:17:20", "cvss": {"score": 0.0, "vector": "NONE"}, "href": "http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewThreatOutbreakAlert.x?alertId=46297", "reporter": "Cisco", "references": [], "cvelist": [], "lastseen": "2018-07-26T11:55:50", "viewCount": 2, "enchantments": {"score": {"value": 0.3, "vector": "NONE"}, "dependencies": {}, "backreferences": {}, "exploitation": null, "vulnersScore": 0.3}, "ciscoThreat": {"md5": "0xB87B234F9BE0C89791EE7AAFC7577E79", "subject": "A internship?", "messageBody": "Hi!\n\u00a0\nI just browsed your homepage, I am very interested in a position or perhaps a internship.\nI attached my CV for you, please have a look and you will see that I am very qualified.\nYou will not be disappointed, I guarantee.\n\nUntil next time!", "files": "MyCV17.wsf", "size": null}, "immutableFields": [], "cvss2": {}, "cvss3": {}, "_state": {"dependencies": 1645359551, "score": 1659800006, "epss": 1678863173}, "_internal": {"score_hash": "e022b8ec826e0d26d8328d101adc0b2f"}}