Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID24330: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 16, 2016

Medium

Alert ID:

48492

First Published:

2016 August 16 13:54 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 (RuleID24330) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
1740613788096.docm
33,423
0x96435C367EB466A565A2BDC6B4D6CF15

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

> Subject: Emailing - 1740613788096

Message Body:

Hi
Vicky has asked me to forward you the finance documents (Please see attached)
Many Thanks

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.

Revision History

* Version	Description	Section	Date
1	Initial Release	—	2016-August-16
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