Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID24477: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 23, 2016

Medium

Alert ID:

48565

First Published:

2016 August 23 17:42 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 (RuleID24477) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
Scan_75899688950504475890.rar / Scan_75899688950504475890.com
478,208
0x358EEB0E7B92C0C476244044AD831250

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

> Subject: ENQUIRY

Message Body:

Good Morning,
We were reffered by Tony Chen our trading agent concerning your fruit company
we sent you a screenshot of our product specification and please make refference
in thrid column marked “Blue” so we can send our order ASAP
Best Regard
Amit Bilal?Sales Staff
Please Before printing, think about ENVIRONMENTAL responsibility
WARNING: This e-mail transmission is intended only for the addressee. Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the intended addressee, you should delete it and must not copy, distribute it or take any action in reliance thereon. Communication of any information in this email to any unauthorised person is an offence under the Official Secrets Act (Cap 213). Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this by mistake

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 to report significant activity detected by Cisco Security on August 23, 2016.	?	2016-August-23
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