Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29540: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 20, 2017

Medium

Alert ID:

54247

First Published:

2017 June 20 14:08 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 (RuleID29540) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
ciscoP.rar / ciscoP.exe
826,880
0xC75CD45CB81DCA055E9BE622C250DDD2

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

> Subject: BL Order# 7625

Message Body:

Attached is the BL draft for the CAA shipment of your order No. 1726. The shipment information is as belowing,
(A) VESSEL NAME AND VOYAGE NO:CSCL NEPTUNE/037W
(B) BILL OF LADING NUMBER : COSU6155941820
© PORT OF LOADING : qingdao,CHINA
(D) GROSS AND NET WEIGHT : 5.2MT / 25 MTS
(E) NO. OF PACKAGES :1000 BAGS ONLY.
(F) THE CARRIER :COSCO SHIPPING LINE
For the SBC, we prepare to ship it on 25 Jun 2017. We should give you the shipment information in next week.
Best Regards,

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 June 20, 2017.	—	2017-June-20
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