CiscoCISCO-THREAT-58146Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32929: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 11, 2018
Medium
Alert ID:
58146
First Published:
2018 June 11 21:02 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 (RuleID32929) may contain the following files:
| Name | Size in Bytes | MD5 Checksum |
|---|---|---|
| shipping document.arj / shipping document.exe | ||
| 580,096 | ||
| 0x25D680918DA17AFDB35E57F553E64B45 |
The following text is a sample of the email message that is associated with this threat outbreak:
> Subject: Shipping doc:for your Review
> Message Body:
>
**Dear sir,
We got an instruction from our client to contact you on the above subject.
please kindly take into quick consideration the attached shipping documents before we proceed with shipment.
Kindly confirm that the details are correct and revert back to us asap
Tks/B.Rgds.
/Marine Dept
VICTORIA SHIP MANAGEMENT INC.
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Revision History
| * Version | Description | Section | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Initial release to report significant activity detected by Cisco Security on June 11, 2018. | — | 2018-June-11 |
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