FYI...
Fake 'scanned' results SPAM - PDF malware
- http://myonlinesecur...ke-pdf-malware/
26 Mar 2015 - "'Lou Ann Davis Indus Precision Mfg scanned' pretending to come from user <louann@ indusmfg .com> with a zip attachment is another one from the current bot runs... The email looks like:
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Thank you,
Lou Ann Davis
Office Administrator
Indus Precision Mfg., Inc.
www .indusmfg .com
Main: (845)268-0782
Fax: (845)268-2106
26 March 2015 : Random zip name : Extracts to: scan.exe
Current Virus total detections: 3/57* . This is another one of the spoofed icon files that unless you have “show known file extensions enabled“, will look like a proper PDF file instead of the .exe file it really is, so making it much more likely for you to accidentally open it and be infected..."
* https://www.virustot...sis/1427372574/
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Fake 'Invoice' SPAM - PDF malware
- http://myonlinesecur...ke-pdf-malware/
26 Mar 2015 - "'Yarde Metals Invoice' pretending to come from email.invoice <email.invoice@ yarde .com> with a zip attachment is another one from the current bot runs... The email looks like:
Thank you for your order.
Attached is your original invoice. If you would
like to pay for
your order with a wire transfer please contact Angela Palmer
at 860-406-6311 for bank details.
Friendly reminder:
Yarde Metals terms
are 1/2% 10, Net 30. We appreciate your prompt payment.
26 March 2015: random zip name: Extracts to: 221324.exe
Current Virus total detections: 3/56* . This is another one of the spoofed icon files that unless you have “show known file extensions enabled“, will look like a proper PDF file instead of the .exe file it really is, so making it much more likely for you to accidentally open it and be infected..."
* https://www.virustot...sis/1427380401/
... Behavioural information
TCP connections
216.146.43.70: https://www.virustot...70/information/
46.249.3.66: https://www.virustot...66/information/
46.160.125.167: https://www.virustot...67/information/
91.194.239.126: https://www.virustot...26/information/
93.123.40.17: https://www.virustot...17/information/
UDP communications
104.41.150.68: https://www.virustot...68/information/
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BoA 'Over Limit' Spam
- http://threattrack.t...over-limit-spam
Mar 26, 2015 - "Subjects Seen
Activity Alert: A Check Exceeded Your Requested Alert Limit
Typical e-mail details:
A check exceeded your requested alert limit
We’re letting you know a check written from your account went over the limit you set for this alert.
For more details please check attached file
Malicious File Name and MD5:
report_77076291400.scr (6B6E3D3FDE233FE75F64B517F2351D97)
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Steam Codes and Countdowns - 'something for nothing'
- https://blog.malware...and-countdowns/
March 26, 2015 - "... 'something for nothing' makes a reappearance in the land of -gaming- with a twist designed to get would-be winners sending messages to their online friends as fast as they possibly can. The site we’re going to examine is located at: steamcode(dot)org
... which claims they have $20 Steam Codes to give away, as the “We’re the people who give away free $20 Steam Codes!” makes clear on the frontpage. We could have an interesting philosophical debate about when free means free, but we could also just chalk it up as “free, as long as you send some links and fill in a bunch of stuff”. Here’s the nicely designed frontpage:
> https://blog.malware...5/03/stmcd1.jpg
Clicking the button reveals two things – a tantalizing glimpse of half a code, and the reveal that you must share a link with 15 people in 45 minutes or else the code will expire. If you don’t have Under Pressure on your playlist, you might want to go dig it out now:
> https://blog.malware...5/03/stmcd2.jpg
Sites don’t normally place a timer on link sending, because not many people immediately whip out a list of likely candidates to start spamming when confronted with a rapidly diminishing timer. Indeed, start quickfiring identikit messages to all and sundry and you may find more than a few of them either think you’ve been hacked or turned into a spambot for the day. Should the required amount of referrals be reached, the end result is a selection of survey pages for the would-be $20 code recipient... There’s -no- guarantee the full code will be released even with a completed survey – the only person who has anything to lose in this situation is the individual filling in whatever forms are presented, working on the basis that they’re simply hoping the website will hand over a code at the end of the process. Freebie sites offering up items such as vouchers, gift cards and game codes typically resort to surveys at some point in the chain – it’s just how they roll. Displaying a portion of the code and adding in a time sensitive instruction to send URLs to all and sundry focuses on the “So near, yet so far” pressure point, and is a great way to ensure people desperate for free game codes start yelling “How high?” before jumping."
Edited by AplusWebMaster, 26 March 2015 - 10:42 AM.