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HistoryApr 17, 2018 - 2:07 p.m.

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32388: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on April 17, 2018

2018-04-1714:07:45
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Medium

Alert ID:

57515

First Published:

2018 April 17 14:07 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 (RuleID32388) may contain the following files:

Name Size in Bytes MD5 Checksum
REQUESTION FOR QUOTATION - PTS RESOURCES SDN. BHD.zip / REQUESTION FOR QUOTATION.vbs
316,610
0x5B6EBE4196EE234CDE71A60A1F6CF841

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

Message Body:

GREETING,
WITH REFERENCE TO THE ABOVE SUBJECT PLEASE QUOTE YOUR BEST PRICE ANDDELIVERY WITH ACCORDANCE TO THE ATTACHMENT.
YOUR QUOTATION MUST REACHED US NOT LATER THAN 1ST MAY 2018, TUESDAY 3:00 PM (MALAYSIA TIME).
PLEASE NOTE THAT, NO DATASHEET FOR ITEM 2. HENCE, FOR ALL SPECIFICATION (EXCEPT SIZE AND RATING) KINDLY FOLLOW PROVIDED DATASHEET.
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 April 17, 2018. 2018-April-17
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