Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID30339: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 24, 2017

Medium

Alert ID:

54940

First Published:

2017 August 24 18:45 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 (RuleID30339) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
scan copy.arj / scan copy.exe
702,575
0x0CDDCAAC47C154A489F607DF9399CFE2

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

> Subject: Confirm CONTRACT from W. Liner LLC UAE

Message Body:

Dear Sir
Could you please indicate the price and availability for the product as Attached(#00001359#)? If the quote is reasonable, we will follow up with a confirmed order. Thanks.
Please be noted
1.other cost includes shipping, Handling, Banking etc. shall be specified in your quotation.
2. payment can only be made in USD or EUR, so please quote your product in USD or EUR.
Thank you and 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 August 24, 2017.	—	2017-August-24
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