Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID22087: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on April 5, 2016

Medium

Alert ID:

44496

First Published:

2016 April 6 13:54 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 (RuleID22087) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
INV#5649606777.ace / INV#5649606777.exe
1,199,104
0x578EF1A4DE8655E78507DAE53B86C02E

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

> Subject:** New Order 15x40’fcl BULK QUOTE / Order‏‏**

Messsage Body:

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are looking to buy your products at a subsidized rate for Greece
Market,kindly send us contract regarding the subject matter and
according to the specification sheet as attached.Please we hope
we get a good price from you as we were recommended by one of your
customers.CAN BUY 15FCL – 50KG or 25KG @ PMT CFR Any port in Greece
Looking forward to your Response
Thanks,
Kind 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.

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Revision History

* Version	Description	Section	Date
1	Initial Release		2016-April-06 13:54 GMT
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