Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID14798: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on April 21, 2015

Medium

Alert ID:

38449

First Published:

2015 April 21 19:25 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 (RuleID14798) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
NewOrderRequest463.rar / NewOrderRequest463.exe
193,024
0x044685DA7D38830FFABC25747C7F89FA

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

> Subject: NEW ORDER REQUEST

Message Body:

Dear partner
Greetings and good day to you!
Thanks for your early response!
Please we have an urgent current requirement as attached.
Please kindly check the attachment.
Please offer only if your price is 2% (or more) lower than the price
indicated in the attachment.
Please offer as 100% LC and on the basis of FOB and CFR. (Shanghai)
Please offer in Proforma Invoice form, Excel or Word format.
Please include MTC with offer.
Please check attachment. The finance is ready for this contract. We need a
quick offer price lower than the attached unit rates by (2%) lower than
attached prices.
MTC needed with the offer.
We look forward to receive your reply and offer.
Thank you.

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.

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Revision History

* Version	Description	Section	Date
1	Initial Release		2015-April-21 19:25 GMT
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