Medium

Alert ID:

58337

First Published:

2018 July 3 15:33 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 (RuleID33085) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
Shipping document_pdf.arj / Shipping document_pdf.exe
643,072
0x836BD8F975295DED9009D64B9849EF79

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

> Subject: SHIPMENT ADVICE

> Message Body:

>
**Dear Sir,
FYI, We just got instruction from our client to contact you on the above
subject. Please, check the shipping documents before we proceed with
shipment.
Kindly confirm that the details are correct and revert back to us.
Thanks & B. regards
Sales Team

Anex Shipping & Air Freight Corp.
Seoul Korea
Web-site: www.anex.co.kr
We are a member of CGLN in WCA Family
===========================================**

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 July 3, 2018.	—	2018-July-03
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