SPAM frauds, fakes, and other MALWARE deliveries...

[AplusWebMaster]

Fake AMEX SPAM, Dropbox malware, Threat Outbreak Alerts ...

FYI...

Fake AMEX SPAM - Activity Report – PDF malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/ameri...rt-incident-tcc6cvxm02fybae-fake-pdf-malware/
28 May 2014 - "Recent Activity Report – Incident #TCC6CVXM02FYBAE pretending to come from American Express [Whitney.Clinton@ americanexpress .com] is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers... Email looks like:
As part of our security measures, we deliver appropriate monitoring of transactions and customers to identify potentially unusual or suspicious activity and transactions in the American Express online system.
Please review the “Suspicious Activity Report” document attached to this email.
Your Cardmember information is included in the upper-right corner of this document to help you recognize this as a customer service e-mail from American Express. To learn more about e-mail security or report a suspicious e-mail, please visit us at http ://www.americanexpress .com/phishing
Thank you for your Cardmembership.
Sincerely,
Whitney.Clinton
Tier III Support
American Express Account Security
Fraud Prevention and Detection Network
Copyright 2014 American Express Company. All rights reserved.

28 May 2014: Incident_TCC6CVXM02FYBAE.zip (10 kb): Extracts to Incident_1BBWHVO9AR3E263.scr (25kb)
Current Virus total detections: 4/52*. 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...203cd0923149bc968b673637f9cc3b09d51/analysis/
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Fake eFax message SPAM - downloads malware from Dropbox
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/05/efax-message-from-unknown-spam.html
28 May 2014 - "This -fake- eFax message downloads malicious content from a Dropbox link.
From: eFax [message@ inbound .efax .com]
Date: 28 May 2014 13:12
Subject: eFax message from "unknown" - 1 page(s), Caller-ID: 1-949-698-5643
Fax Message [Caller-ID: 1-949-698-5643
You have received a 1 page fax at Wed, 28 May 2014 09:11:44 GMT.
* The reference number for this fax is atl_did1-1400166434-95058563842-154.
Click here to view this fax using your PDF reader...

The telephone number will vary from spam-to-spam, but the download link seems consistent and is [donotclick]dl.dropboxusercontent .com/s/uk0mlaixvbg52g2/Fax_938_391102933_1245561.zip?dl=1&token_hash=AAEUA5cH_mfvkp4l4CePv7t100XZKo4GBq6ZxY1UiElKyQ&expiry=1401269894 which leads to a ZIP file Fax_938_391102933_1245561.zip which unzips to a malicious executable Fax_938_391102933_1245561.scr. This binary has a VirusTotal detection rate of 6/53*. Automated reporting tools... show a download from landscaping-myrtle-beach .com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2805UKdw.dkt ... This last one makes a connection to innogate .co .kr for unknown reasons.
Recommended blocklist:
landscaping-myrtle-beach .com
innogate .co.kr "
* https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...8d088146956a9cc8c234c7ed/analysis/1401279784/

- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/updat...om-44-131-5613-3870-5-pages-fake-pdf-malware/
28 May 2014 - "... links to Dropbox in the spoofed Corporate eFax message email rather than the more usual attachment..."
- https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/fi...253f005da8d3f60b9f1fe7764265f99c29b/analysis/
Screenshot: http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/efax2.png
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"TPPCO" PPI SMS spam
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/05/tppco-ppi-sms-spam.html
28 May 2014 - "Despite some high-profile recent cases* where SMS spammers have been busted by the ICO, the wave of spam seems to be continuing. This one came less than an hour ago from +447729938098.

Unsure if you qualify for a refund of PPI paid on a loan or credit card? Reply PPI and we will run a no obligation check or reply STOP to opt out. TPPCO

I have no idea who "TPPCO" are, but they are a common sender of these spam messages. In this case, the spam was sent to a number that is TPS registered, and I believe that the approach is fraudulent in any case - in most cases the spammers will get paid for a lead even if it turns out that the claimant wasn't eligible. If you get one of these, you should forward the spam and the sender's number to your carrier. In the came of T-Mobile, O2 and Orange the number to report to is 7726 ("SPAM"). Vodafone customers should use 87726 ("VSPAM") and Three customers should use 37726 ("3SPAM"). Carriers and the ICO are cracking down on these scumbags, but they need reports from victims to gather enough evidence.
You can also report persistent spam like this via the ICO's page on the subject, which might well end up in the spammers getting a massive fine."
* http://ico.org.uk/news/latest_news/2014/ICO-raids-SIM-farm-blamed-for-350000-messages-22052014
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Threat Outbreak Alerts
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/threatOutbreak.x?i=77
Fake Invoice Notice Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Product Purchase Order Request Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Invoice Notice Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Court Appearance Request Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Product Purchase Order Request Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Shipping Documents Attachment Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Product Purchase Order Request Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Financial Transaction Notification Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Scanned Image Notification Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Financial Documents Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Product Sample Order Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Product Invoice Notification Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Fax Delivery Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Bank Account Statement Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Shipping Order Information Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Bank Payment Transfer Notification Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Unpaid Debt Invoice Email Messages - 2014 May 28
Fake Product Order Email Messages - 2014 May 28
(More detail and links at the cisco URL above.)

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[AplusWebMaster]

More eFax-Dropbox malware SPAM, Fake Facebook accounts ...

FYI...

More eFax / Dropbox malware SPAM
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/05/more-efax-dropbox-malware-spam.html
29 May 2014 - "This -fake- eFax message downloads malware from Dropbox, similar to yesterday's attack but with different binaries:
From: Incoming Fax [no-reply@ efax .co.uk]
Date: 29 May 2014 10:26
Subject: INCOMING FAX REPORT : Remote ID: 499-364-9797...
Date/Time: Thu, 29 May 2014 18:26:56 +0900
Speed: 4360bps
Connection time: 07:09
Pages: 9
Resolution: Normal
Remote ID: 915-162-0353
Line number: 0
DTMF/DID:
Description: Internal report
We have uploaded fax report on dropbox, please use the following link to download your file:
https ://www.dropbox .com/meta_dl/[redacted]

The malicious download is from [donotclick]www.dropbox .com/meta_dl/eyJzdWJfcGF0aCI6ICIiLCAidGVzdF9saW5rIjogZmFsc2UsICJzZXJ2ZXIiOiAiZGwuZHJvcGJveHVzZXJjb250ZW50LmNvbSIsICJpdGVtX2lkIjogbnVsbCwgImlzX2RpciI6IGZhbHNlLCAidGtleSI6ICJvempiZ256bDM2aGRlMTgifQ/AAKxr3bqwwmIfwE_cp_xalkzMz7tKRtiivmPhViZTBLBkA?dl=1 which is an archive file FAX-21651_7241.zip which in turn contains the malicious executable FAX-21651_7241.scr . This binary has a VirusTotal detection rate of 6/53* and the Malwr report shows that it downloads a file from soleilberbere .com/images/2905UKdw.tar which subsequently drops a file eucis.exe with a VirusTotal detection rate of just 3/51**. Automated reports... are pretty inconclusive as to what this does."
* https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/fi...d6da6e6d3e3622aae37e0cb0/analysis/1401357330/

** https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/fi...691ee3a4196c8c3a0fb28682/analysis/1401357905/

- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/malware-via-dropbox/
29 May 2014 - "... Instead of the usual malware attachment to an email or a link to an infected file on a compromised or hacked server and website, the bad guys have started to deliver malware via Dropbox... 'bad guys appear to be doing this, because of the way many mail servers now block attachments or scan and disinfect them to stop users being infected... 'bad guys often create one malicious file & use 4, 5 or even 10 different email subjects and contents to entice a user to read the mail, open any attachment or follow the link & get infected. We try to post as many of the current emails here as we can, to alert you to what is a fake, but some just slip past."
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Iranian hackers use fake Facebook accounts to spy on U.S., others
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/29/us-iran-hackers-idUSKBN0E90A220140529
May 29, 2014 - "In an unprecedented, three-year cyber espionage campaign, Iranian hackers created false social networking accounts and a fake news website to spy on military and political leaders in the United States, Israel and other countries, a cyber intelligence firm said on Thursday. ISight Partners*, which uncovered the operation, said the hackers' targets include a four-star U.S. Navy admiral, U.S. lawmakers and ambassadors, members of the U.S.-Israeli lobby, and personnel from Britain, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. The firm declined to identify the victims and said it could not say what data had been stolen by the hackers, who were seeking credentials to access government and corporate networks, as well as infect machines with malicious software..."
* https://www.isightpartners.com/2014/05/newscaster-iranian-threat-inside-social-media/
May 28, 2014 - "... Iranian threat actors are using more than a dozen fake personas on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube, Blogger) in a coordinated, long-term cyber espionage campaign. At least 2,000 people/targets are, or have been, caught in the snare and are connected to the false personas. This campaign, working undetected since 2011, targets senior U.S. military and diplomatic personnel, congressional personnel, Washington D.C. area journalists, U.S. think tanks, defense contractors in the U.S. and Israel, as well as others..."
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Fake COPY OF PMNT/ORDER CONFIRMATION - PDF malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/copy-payment-remittance-order-confirmation-fake-pdf-malware/
29 May 2014 -"COPY OF PAYMENT REMITTANCE and ORDER CONFIRMATION is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers... Email looks like this:
Good evening,
Attached is the 30% remittance copy for our first Order and our specifications approval documents. Please confirm payment as soon as received at your end and also confirm order processing time according to your invoice. Awaiting your kind response.
Kind regards,
Eddie Martinez CTM International Giftware Inc/ CTM International Hardware Inc. Phone: (614) 384-0636 Fax: (614) 883-1748 ...

29 May 2014: PAYMENT SWIFT CONFIRMATION.zip : Extracts to PAYMENT SWIFT CONFIRMATION.zip.scr
Current Virus total detections: 2/53*... 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...09488b0d4a2d408acbe8a9596c67bdde46a/analysis/
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Threat Outbreak Alerts
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/threatOutbreak.x?i=77
(MANY -new- with today's date - there were -21- new entries as of date/time of this post. More info and links at the cisco URL above.)
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Chromebook touchpads borked by update
- http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2347258/chromebook-touchpads-borked-by-chrome-os-update
May 29 2014 - "... reports that large numbers of Chromebooks have been borked by the latest version of Chrome OS*. The problem stems from the touchpad and its "Touch to Click" feature, which seems to have stopped registering clicks after the upgrade. This is particularly crucial as some models of Chromebook have done away with the mechanical touchpad buttons altogether. The problem is a huge embarrassment for Google in its efforts to get Chrome OS recognised as a viable alternative to Windows. Posters to the Chromium community forums are fuming**... Google rolled out Chrome OS version 35 last week, including organisation options for the app launcher, universal activation of the "OK Google" voice control command and better control for logging in to public WiFi hotspots. Google's Chrome OS community manager Andrea Mesterhazy has acknowledged the problem in the forums***..."
* http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os.html
May 20, 2014

** https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=377165

*** https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chromebook-central/3siG0D2clb0[101-125-false]
May 28, 2014

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[AplusWebMaster]

Fake HMRC PDF malware, Flash exploit in-the-wild, Phish leads to Cryptolocker ...

FYI...

Fake HMRC Application – PDF malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/hmrc-application-fake-pdf-malware/
30 May 2014 - "HMRC Application – < your domain or company name > pretending to come from HMRC .gov.uk [application@ hmrc .gov.uk] is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers... The reference numbers amounts change in each email. Email reads:
Please print this information, sign and send to application@ hmrc .gov.uk.
Date Created: 30 May 2014
Business name: thespykiller .co.uk
Acknowledgement reference: 0220014
VAT Registration Number is 0220014.
Repayment of Input Tax
Before the business starts to make taxable supplies they may provisionally claim repayment of VAT they are charged as input tax. The general rules about VAT, including Input Tax, Partial Exemption, are explained in VAT Notices 700 and 706, available on the HMRC website...
Change of Circumstances
If your client no longer intends to make taxable supplies, or there is any other change of circumstances affecting their VAT registration (including any delay in starting to make taxable supplies), they must notify HMRC within 30 days of the change...
By law, your client must send their VAT returns to HMRC online and make any payments due electronically.
Before they can submit VAT returns to HMRC online they’ll have to enrol for the VAT online service. Further information on how to do this can be found on the HMRC website
If you will be completing and submitting the online VAT returns on your client’s behalf, you will have to enrol for the VAT for Agents online service and be authorised to act as their agent before you can do this...
If you will be completing and submitting the online VAT returns on your client’s behalf, you will have to enrol for the VAT for Agents online service and be authorised to act as their agent before you can do this.
To download a copy of the form, follow the link below...

30 May 2014: Application_0220014.zip ( 8KB) Extracts to Application_05302014.scr
Current Virus total detections: 2/53* . This HMRC Application 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...8341a3ae40f60e1efe861f29603acf725f7/analysis/
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Exploit for Flash vuln targets users in Japan for financial info
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blo...y-targeting-users-japan-financial-information
Updated: 30 May 2014 - "... research now indicates that the attacks are being performed on a massive scale and that majority of them are focused on Japan. Back in April, CVE-2014-0515 was originally being exploited in watering-hole attacks against specific organizations or industries. Later in the same month, Adobe released a patch* for the vulnerability. However, just a few weeks later Symantec telemetry indicated that instead of the initial targets, the exploit was now being used to target a wider range of Internet users.
> http://www.symantec.com/connect/sites/default/files/users/user-2598031/Figure1_12.png
... more than 90 percent of the attacks exploiting the vulnerability are targeting Japanese users. The attacks are typically carried out through drive-by-download and leverage compromised legitimate websites to host malicious code. The websites then redirect traffic to a malicious site prepared by the attacker... Once the browsers are redirected to the malicious site, which has the IP address 1.234.35.42**, they render the exploit code that attempts to exploit CVE-2014-0515. If an older version of the software is installed on the computer, the attack will execute a series of malicious files to compromise the computer...
Cumulative number of attacks on Japanese users:
> http://www.symantec.com/connect/sites/default/files/users/user-2598031/Figure3_6.png
Infostealer.Bankeiya.B monitors the Web browsers Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The Trojan gathers specific user data typically found in online banking transactions. The malware can also update itself, enabling it to target more banks and add more capabilities in order to perform additional malicious actions..."
* https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-13.html

* https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-0515 - 10.0 (HIGH)
"... as exploited in the wild in April 2014..."
> Most recent version:
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-14.html
May 13, 2014 - "... Flash Player 13,0,0,214..."
Available here: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html

>> https://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

** 1.234.35.42: https://www.virustotal.com/en/ip-address/1.234.35.42/information/
Last: 2014-06-03

- http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/31/us-japan-banking-idUSKBN0EB02M20140531
May 30, 2014 10:02pm EDT

- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/banking-trojan-trend-hits-japan-hard/
June 2, 2014
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Fake Credit Card report - PDF malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/credit-card-suspicious-recent-transactions-fake-pdf-malware/
30 May 2014 - "Credit Card- Suspicious Recent Transactions is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment... Email reads:
Dear credit card holder,
A recent review of your transaction history determined that your card was used in possible fraudulent transactions. For security reasons the requested transactions were refused.
Please carefully review electronic report for your card. For more details please see the attached transaction report.
Chauncey.Burton Data Protection Officer CREDIT AMERICA LIMITED 1 Sheldon Square New York W2 6WH (858)433-5208...

30May 2014: Credit_card_Report.zip (42kb) Extracts to Credit_card_Report.zip.scr
Current Virus total detections: 0/53* . Analysis: This Credit Card- Suspicious Recent Transactions 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...c0cd2cceaf9ed08c9bf33e9f806cb3f7f27/analysis/
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Fake Electric Bill - Phish leads to Cryptolocker
- https://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=18185
Last Updated: 2014-05-30 13:44:46 UTC - "... Phishing e-mail... claims to come from "Energy Australia", an actual Australian utility company, and the link leads to: hxxp ://energymar .com/ data/ electricity/ view/get/ energy.php ?eid=[long number] . Note the somewhat plausible domain name (energymar .com). The actual domain name for Energy Australia is "www .energyaustralia .com.au".The first screen presented to the user asks the user to solve a very simple CAPTCHA. This is likely put in place to hinder automatic analysis of the URL:
> https://isc.sans.edu/diaryimages/images/Screen Shot 2014-05-30 at 7_21_55 AM.png
The layout of the page matches the original very well. Users are confronted with CAPTCHAs regularly in similar sites, so I doubt this will raise suspicion. Next, we are asked to download the file, again using a similar layout.
> https://isc.sans.edu/diaryimages/images/Screen Shot 2014-05-30 at 7_21_45 AM.png
The "bill" itself is a ZIP file that includes a simple ZIP file that expands to an EXE. Virustotal shows spotty detection 15/53*:
* https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...dfe872fe913f73dd1edb699e60bab38f875/analysis/
... Once downloaded and unzipped, the malware presents itself as a PDF... as soon as the malware is launched, it does reveal it's true nature:
> https://isc.sans.edu/diaryimages/images/Screen Shot 2014-05-30 at 8_49_22 AM.png
After launching the malware, the system connected via https to 151.248.118.193.( vps.regruhosting .ru )...."
151.248.118.193
- http://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx
role: Reg.Ru Network Operations
address: Russia, Moscow, Vassily Petushkova st., house 3, Office 326
remarks: NOC e-mail: noc@ reg .ru
remarks: User support: support@ reg .ru ...
Information related to '151.248.118.0/24AS197695'...
Diagnostic page for AS197695 (REGRU)
- https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=AS:197695
"... over the past 90 days, 47 site(s)... served content that resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent... The last time Google tested a site on this network was on 2014-05-30, and the last time suspicious content was found was on 2014-05-30..."
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New Trojan compiled from Zeus and Carberp ...
- http://atlas.arbor.net/briefs/index#424058024
29 May 2014
Source: http://securityintelligence.com/new-zberp-trojan-discovered-zeus-zbot-carberp
Analysis: It is not uncommon for attackers to take pieces of code from various malware, creating new variants of known threats. In particular, when source code of popular Trojans like Zeus and Carberp leaks, new variants quickly begin to appear, contributing to the rapidly evolving threat landscape. As antivirus solutions may -lag- behind newer forms of malware, additional security measures are needed to help detect such threats.

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[AplusWebMaster]

Fake British Airways SPAM, Ransomware 4096...

FYI...

Fake British Airways SPAM ...
- http://www.hoax-slayer.com/british-airways-flight-ticket-not-activated-malware.shtml
June 2, 2014 - "Email purporting to be from British Airways claims that your flight ticket has not been activated and asks you to open an attached file and fill in a form to complete the ticket activation... The email is -not- from British Airways. The attached .zip file hides a .exe file that, if opened, could install information-stealing malware on your computer...
> http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/british-airways-flight-ticket-not-activated-malware-1.jpg
... The emails claim that your British Airways flight ticket has not yet been activated and advise you to open an attached file to complete a ticket activation form. The emails also claim that you can cancel your flight and request a refund via the attached form... The emails have no connection to British airways. If you open the attached .zip file, you will find a .exe file hidden inside. Opening this .exe file can install malware on your computer. Once installed, the malware may collect your passwords and other sensitive personal data and send it to online criminals. It may also download and install further malware and allow criminals to control your computer... In recent years, similar malware campaigns have used the names of several airlines, including Delta Airlines, American Airlines, and Qantas... do not open any attachments that it contains. Do not click any links in the email..."
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Molerats, here for Spring
- http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/malware-research/2014/06/molerats-here-for-spring.html
June 2, 2014 - "Between 29 April and 27 May, FireEye Labs identified several new Molerats attacks targeting at least one major U.S. financial institution and -multiple- European government organizations... Molerats activity has been tracked and expanded to a growing target list, which includes:
Palestinian and Israeli surveillance targets
Government departments in Israel, Turkey, Slovenia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Latvia, the U.S., and the UK
The Office of the Quartet Representative
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
A major U.S. financial institution
Multiple European government organizations
Previous Molerats campaigns have used several garden-variety, freely available backdoors such as CyberGate and Bifrost, but, most recently, we have observed them making use of the PIVY and Xtreme RATs. Previous campaigns made use of at least one of three observed -forged- Microsoft certificates, allowing security researchers to accurately tie together separate attacks even if the attacks used different backdoors. There also appears to be a habitual use of lures or decoy documents – in either English or Arabic-language – with content focusing on active conflicts in the Middle East. The lures come packaged with malicious files that drop the Molerats’ flavor of the week..."
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Ransomware now uses Windows PowerShell
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/ransomware-now-uses-windows-powershell/
Jun 1, 2014 - "... We recently encountered another variant that used the Windows PowerShell feature in order to encrypt files. This variant is detected as TROJ_POSHCODER.A. Typically, cybercriminals and threat actors have used Windows Powershell to go undetected on an affected system, making detection and analysis harder... in this case, using PowerShell made it easier to detect as this malware is also hardcoded... Since it uses Powershell, TROJ_POSHCODER.A is script-based, which is not common for ransomware. It uses AES to encrypt the files, and RSA4096 public key cryptography to exchange the AES key. When executed, it adds registry entries, encrypts files, and renames them to {filename}.POSHCODER. It also drops UNLOCKYOURFILES.html into -every- folder. Once all files on the infected system are encrypted, it displays the following image:
Instructions on how users can -supposedly- retrieve their files
> http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/files/2014/05/poshcoder1.png
Once users followed the instructions stated in the ‘ransom note,’ they will see the image below informing them to install the Multibit application that will allow them to have their own Bitcoin-wallet account for 1 Bitcoin. When they purchase the application, they are instructed to submit the form that contains information like email address, and BTC address and ID. Users will supposedly get the decryptor that will help encrypt the files.
Users need to fill this form...
> http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/files/2014/05/poshcoder2.png
... POSHCODER uses English for its ransom notes and primarily affects users in the United States..."
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USPS Spam delivering Asprox variant
- http://research.zscaler.com/2014/05/usps-spam-delivering-kryptik-variant.html
May 29, 2014 - "UPDATE: The botnet which is described here is called 'Asprox'. I've compared research with that seen from StopMalvertising*... Recent email spam has begun taking advantage of user's need to snail mail something. The attacker will forward a message supposedly from USPS in order to get victim's to click on a link purported to be a shipping receipt, which actually leads to a malicious file. If the user is unfortunate enough to click the link in the spam mail, a zip file containing a variant of Asprox is downloaded.
> https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hkt85w-JUKI/U4Z3rPqPEjI/AAAAAAAAAkM/SbqVCzH2H4c/s1600/http_download.png
Once the file makes it way onto the desktop, it feigns a document icon in order to trick the user into thinking it is safe to view. This is actually the malicious executable... VirusTotal scans**... Attackers are leveraging nonstandard HTTP ports in order to bypass some security solutions."
* http://stopmalvertising.com/malware-reports/analysis-of-asprox-and-its-new-encryption-scheme.html

** https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...ea0dade7d79d84275bfd35d5157f4ab0416/analysis/

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[AplusWebMaster]

Fake email “Balance sheet” contains malicious .scr...

FYI...

Fake email with “Balance sheet” contains malicious .scr file
- http://blog.mxlab.eu/2014/06/03/ema...icious-scr-file-inside-balance_sheet_pdf-zip/
June 3, 2014 - "... intercepted a new trojan distribution campaign by email with the subject “Balance sheet”. This email is sent from the spoofed address and has the following short body:

Please save the attached file to your hard drive before deleting this message. Thank you.

The attached ZIP file has the name Balance_sheet_pdf.zip and contains the XXX kB large file Balance_sheet_pdf.scr. The trojan is known as Trojan.Ranapama.AU, W32/Trojan.APUP-2842, W32/Trojan3.INJ, HEUR/Malware.QVM20.Gen or Trojan.Cryptodefense. At the time of writing, 12 of the 51 AV engines did detect the trojan at Virus Total. Use the Virus Total permalink* and Malwr permalink** for more detailed information..."
* https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...c7a4d59f0136b4e90715d5d97ee0a9617d3/analysis/

** https://malwr.com/analysis/YTdmMWQwMTE0ODIyNDE3OWJlNmI3MGI1Y2Q1MTFiZGQ/

78.110.175.80: https://www.virustotal.com/en/ip-address/78.110.175.80/information/

85.214.32.141: https://www.virustotal.com/en/ip-address/85.214.32.141/information/

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[AplusWebMaster]

Fake Amazon SPAM, FTC actions, Facebook scam, China attacks Google ...

FYI...

Fake Amazon SPAM / order.zip
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/amazoncom-spam-orderzip.html
4 June 2014 - "This fake Amazon spam has a malicious attachment:

Screenshot: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q9c7GWP-38U/U47wLrAkPOI/AAAAAAAADD4/9pOq-ZumIPM/s1600/amazon3.png

Attached to the spam is an archive file order.zip which in turn contains a malicious executable order_id_26348273894729847239.exe which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 4/51*. Automated analysis tools... shows the malware altering system files and creating a -fake- csrss.exe and svhost.exe to run at startup. The malware also attempts to phone home to two IP addresses at 91.226.212.32 and 193.203.48.37 hosted in Russia but controlled by a Ukranian person or entity PE Ivanov Vitaliy Sergeevich. These network blocks are well-known purveyors of crapware, and I recommend that you block the following:
91.226.212.0/23
193.203.48.0/22 "
* https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/fi...7f027e2b81464b579c71ce4a/analysis/1401876273/

Diagnostic page for AS48031 (XSERVER-IP-NETWORK-AS)
- https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=AS:48031
"Of the 1782 site(s) we tested on this network over the past 90 days, 26 site(s)... served content that resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google tested a site on this network was on 2014-06-03, and the last time suspicious content was found was on 2014-06-03... Over the past 90 days, we found 6 site(s)... that appeared to function as intermediaries for the infection of 15 other site(s)..."
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Targeted Attack exploits - Japan ...
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlab...geted-attack-exploits-ichitaro-vulnerability/
June 4, 2014 - "... We recently uncovered a targeted attack campaign we dubbed as “ANTIFULAI” that targets both government agencies and private industries in Japan... Like many targeted attacks, ANTIFULAI uses several emails as entry vectors to get the attention of its would-be targets. In this particular case, the detected email posed as a job application inquiry with which a JTD file (Ichitaro RTF format) is attached. However, this file exploits an Ichitaro vulnerability (CVE-2013-5990*) detected as TROJ_TARODROP.FU. When exploited, this vulnerability allows arbitrary code to run on the infected system that is used to drop malicious files. The final payload is a backdoor detected as BKDR_ FULAIRO.SM. Once run, this backdoor gathers the list of running processes, steals information, and downloads and executes files. The presence of the following files indicates the presence of this malware:
%Startup%\AntiVir_Update.URL
%Temp%\~Proc75c.DAT
Unusually, this malware “hides” its targets in the URL it uses to contact its command-and-control (C&C) servers. Threat actors can easily see if the targeted organization has been breached by checking the said URL... Network traffic is one of the ways IT administrators can check if their network has been hit by targeted attacks. This is why it is crucial for enterprises and large organizations to build threat intelligence capabilities. With these tools available to them, IT administrators can break a targeted attack cycle before it reaches the data exfiltration stage. In addition, enterprises are advised to regularly update their systems and applications as a security step in mitigating targeted attacks because old vulnerabilities are typically used in order to infiltrate a network..."
* https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-5990 - 9.3 (HIGH)
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FTC charges - selling Bogus Debt Relief Services ...
- http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pres...-operation-selling-bogus-debt-relief-services
June 3, 2014 - "The Federal Trade Commission charged an Irvine, California-based scheme with billing consumers as much as $10,000 after making deceptive claims that it would provide legal advice, settle consumers’ debts, and repair their credit in three years or less. Instead, the scheme often left consumers in financial ruin, the agency charged. The FTC alleged that the DebtPro 123 LLC defendants told consumers to stop paying and communicating with their creditors. As a result, although consumers hired the defendants in hopes of improving their financial situation, their debt often increased, causing them to lose their homes, have their wages garnished, lose their retirement savings, or file for bankruptcy, according to the complaint. Although the defendants promised to refund unsatisfied customers, they rarely did... Ringleader Bryan Taylor and three other individuals, along with DebtPro 123 and five other companies marketed their -bogus- debt relief services through telemarketing calls, website ads, promotional videos and marketing companies that acted as lead generators, according to the complaint. Promising that in as little as 18 months consumers could “become debt free and enjoy financial independence,” the defendants claimed their “Legal Department” would “leverage their existing relationships with all of the major creditors to negotiate the best possible resolution.” The defendants claimed that consumers could reduce the amount they owed by 30 to 70 percent. The complaint alleges that the defendants violated the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, and the Credit Repair Organizations Act, not only through their -false- promises, but also by providing their affiliate marketing companies with -deceptive- materials to deceive consumers and by collecting an advance fee for their bogus debt relief services. For more information about how to handle robocalls and debt relief offers, see Robocalls*, and Avoiding Debt Relief Scams**..."
* http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/feature-0025-robocalls

** http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/avoiding-debt-relief-scams

FTC Summary - 2013 Financial Acts Enforcement and Related Research ...
- http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pres...y-its-2013-financial-acts-enforcement-related
June 3, 2014
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Fake Facebook - Big W pages - "Prizes for Sharing"
- http://www.hoax-slayer.com/big-w-factory-sealed-dell-computers-galaxy-scam.shtml
June 3, 2014 - "Facebook pages claiming to be associated with Australian department store chain Big W, advise users that they can win Dell computers, Samsung Galaxy phones, or other expensive prizes just by liking and sharing page posts... are -scams- and are -not- associated with Big W in any way. The -fake- pages are designed to gather large numbers of page likes and to trick users into participating in -bogus- online surveys. There are -no- prizes... do not like, share or comment on it... do -not- click any links that it contains. Example:
> http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/big-w-factory-sealed-dell-computers-galaxy-scam-2.jpg
... Some versions also ask users to click a link to claim their prize... You can help by reporting scam pages to Facebook..."
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China escalating attack on Google
- http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/business/chinas-battle-against-google-heats-up.html
June 2, 2014 - "The authorities in China have made Google’s services largely inaccessible in recent days, a move most likely related to the government’s broad efforts to stifle discussion of the 25th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square on June 3 and 4, 1989. In addition to Google’s search engines being blocked, the company’s products, including Gmail, Calendar and Translate, have been affected..."
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/04/us-china-usa-tech-idUSKBN0EF0CA20140604
Jun 4, 2014
- http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/06/04/chinese-media-attack-google-apple?videoId=313180863
Video 1:20

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[AplusWebMaster]

Fake Netflix phish, FIFA Scam ...

FYI...

Fake Netflix Cancellation - phish
- http://www.hoax-slayer.com/netfix-account-cancellation-phishing-scam.shtml
June 5, 2014 - "Message purporting to be from video streaming service Netflix claims that, due to a payment issue, your account will be cancelled unless you click a link and update credit card details. The message is a phishing scam and Netflix did -not- send it. Clicking the link will take you to a fake Netflix website that asks for login credentials, credit card details, and other personal information. This information will be collected by criminals and used for credit card fraud and identity theft. Example:
> http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/netfix-account-cancellation-phishing-scam-1.jpg
Like many other users, you may have recently received an account cancellation message claiming to be from online video streaming service Netflix. The message claims that, because of a problem processing your credit card, you must click a link to update card details to keep your account active. However, the message is -not- from Netflix and you do -not- need to update credit card details as claimed. The message is a typical phishing scam..."
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Fake email Fax msg - leads to malicious file on Dropbox
- http://blog.mxlab.eu/2014/06/05/ema...-fake-and-leads-to-malicious-file-on-dropbox/
June 5, 2014 - "... new trojan distribution campaign by email with the subject “Fax Message at 2014-05-06 08:55:55 EST”. This email is send from the spoofed address “Fax Message <message@ inbound .efax .com>” and has the following body:

Screenshot: http://img.blog.mxlab.eu/2014/20140605_faxmessage_j2.gif

The embedded URL leads to hxxps ://www .dropbox .com/meta_dl/**SHORTENED**
The downloaded ZIP file has the name Fax-932971.zip and contains the 146 kB large file Fax-932971.scr. The trojan is known as PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48. At the time of writing, only 1 of the 51* AV engines did detect the trojan at Virus Total so this is a potential risk. Use the Virus Total permalink* and Malwr permalink** for more detailed information..."
* https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...681031693815eabf1648ee66/analysis/1401979986/

** https://malwr.com/analysis/NjllNWZjZWVjMWNiNDY5ZThmMjFkZjQzNmY4NzkyOTc/

192.64.115.91: https://www.virustotal.com/en/ip-address/192.64.115.91/information/
5/52 2014-06-09 01:05:06 http ://newsbrontima .com/hcgaryuo4nuf
4/52 2014-06-08 09:42:07 http ://newsbrontima .com/
6/52 2014-06-07 11:18:52 http ://newsbrontima .com/9j3yr9i7zw477
6/52 2014-06-07 11:18:45 http ://newsbrontima .com/a98n76ah7609y
6/52 2014-06-07 11:18:44 http ://newsbrontima .com/z7ekevxgm20zdz

- http://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx
192.64.115.91
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrant Name: Registration Private - ?
Registrant Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Registrant City: Scottsdale
Registrant State/Province: Arizona ..

efax Spam Containing Malware
- https://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=18225
2014-06-08
> https://isc.sans.edu/diaryimages/images/Strange Fax Message.PNG

- http://www.efax.com/privacy?tab=reportSpam
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Hacking Apple ID?
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/hacking-apple-id/
June 5, 2014 - "... Apple’s 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this week was welcome news to the throngs of Apple developers and enthusiasts. It was also welcome news for another group of people with less than clean motives: cybercriminals... How could users recover from this attack? One way would be to restore a backup from iTunes. Unfortunately, many – perhaps even most – iPhone users are not particularly fastidious about backing up. One could try restoring from iCloud as well, but that would involve logging in with the user’s Apple ID account – which has been compromised by this very attack. As in any case where a user’s account has been compromised, recovery can be very difficult. We will likely see more attacks trying to steal Apple ID moving forward. For example, we can see routers** with malicious DNS settings being used in man-in-the-middle attacks to try and steal credentials. Phishing attacks may increase as well. The value of a stolen Apple ID can only go up as more and more information is placed in it by users... Our advice is similar to those for any other credential that needs to be protected:
- Don’t reuse your password.
- Use a secure password/passphrase.
- Enable security features like two-factor authentication, if possible.
To be fair, some of these steps are harder to perform on a mobile device than a desktop or laptop. Entering a long password may be hard without a password manager (like DirectPass*), for example. Despite this increased difficulty, it has to be done: it is now clear that mobile device credentials – like Apple ID – are a valuable target for cybercriminals..."
* https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/directpass/id598904988?mt=8

** http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/when-networks-turn-hostile/

iCloud: https://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/ios.html
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dedicatedpool .com.. spam or Joe Job?
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/dedicatedpoolcom-spam-or-joe-job.html
5 June 2014 - "... received a number of spam emails mentioning a Bitcoin mining website dedicatedpool .com, subjects spotted are:
Subject: Bitcoins are around you - don't miss the train!
Subject: Dedicatedpool .com business proposal (Save up on taxes)
Subject: Make money with darkcoin and bitcoin now! ...
... the pattern of the spam looks like a Joe Job* rather than some horribly misguided attempt to market the website. There are several signs that make it look like someone is trying to cause trouble for the site operators:
1. The spam was sent repeatedly to a spamcop.net address, the type of address that would have a high probability of filing an abuse report. I call this a "reverse listwash".
2. The spam mentions the established dedicatedpool.com website repeatedly (rather than using some sort of redirector) but the originating IPs appear to be from an illegal botnet (see note 1). The use of a botnet indicates a malicious intent.
3. Spammers don't tend to include personal details of any sort in their messages, but the inclusion of "Ryan" (who does genuinely appear to be the administrator) seems suspicious.
In my opinion, the balance of probabilities is that this is not sent out by dedicatedpool .com themselves, but is sent out by someone wanting to disrupt their business.
Note 1: I have seen the following IPs as originating the spam..
188.54.89.107
92.83.156.130
31.192.3.89
37.99.127.11
87.109.78.213 "
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_job
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Scammers bait users with FIFA Coins
- http://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-scam/2014/06/survey-scammers-bait-users-with-fifa-coins/
June 4, 2014 - "To all gamers and enthusiasts of FIFA 14: Please be wary of sites claiming to generate coins for you for nothing. As the saying goes — If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Recently, we found one such site: fifa14cheats(dot)cheathacktool(dot)com.
> http://cdn.blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/01-aksforemail.png
Once visited, it asks for an email address, and then, if provided, lets users decide on how many coins they want handed to them.
> http://cdn.blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/03-finito.png
After users press “Finish Hack”, they are then presented with a survey -scam- that, as we may already know, will eventually lead to zero coins. There are -still- users who do not know this and had to find out the hard way unfortunately..."

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[AplusWebMaster]

Fake Invoice xls malware, Malvertising ...

FYI...

Fake Invoice - xls malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/june-invoice-fake-xls-malware/
6 June 2014 - "June Invoice with a subject line of inovice <random number> June is another one from the current bot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers... Note the spelling mistake in the subject line of the email inovice 9667444 June rather than invoice. Email simply says:

This email contains an invoice file attachment

6 June 2014: invoice_9667444.zip ( 49kb) : Extracts to June_invoice_7846935978.xls.exe
Current Virus total detections: 1/51*
This June Invoice is another one of the spoofed icon files that unless you have “show known file extensions enabled“, will look like a proper xls ( Microsoft excel spread sheet) 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...7a52f458cd8aa5887a2ee801959d36b58a7/analysis/
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Malicious major website ads lead to ransomware
Cisco said the attacks can be traced to advertisements on Disney, Facebook and The Guardian newspaper
- http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9248886/Malicious_major_website_ads_lead_to_ransomware
June 6, 2014 - "Malicious advertisements on domains belonging to Disney, Facebook, The Guardian newspaper and others are leading people to malware that encrypts a computer's files until a ransom is paid, Cisco Systems has found*... Cisco's investigation unraveled a technically complex and highly effective way for infecting large number of computers with ransomware, which it described in detail on its blog*... The company noticed that it was blocking requests to 90 domains, many of those WordPress sites, for more than 17 percent of its CWS customers... many of the CWS users were ending up on those domains after viewing advertisements on high-traffic domains such as "apps.facebook .com," "awkwardfamilyphotos .com," "theguardian .co.uk" and "go .com," a Disney property, among many others. Certain advertisements that appeared on those domains, however, had been tampered with. If clicked, they redirected victims to one of the 90 domains. The style of attack, known as "malvertising," has long been a problem. Advertising networks have taken steps to try and detect malicious advertisements placed on their network, but the security checks aren't foolproof... The 90 domains the malicious advertisements pushed traffic to had also been hacked..."
* https://blogs.cisco.com/security/rig-exploit-kit-strikes-oil
June 5, 2014 - "... we have seen RIG using malvertising to perform a drive-by attack on visitors to high profile, legitimate websites. This accounts for the high amount of traffic we have seen in the last month... Requests for RIG landing pages April 24 - May 22:
> http://blogs.cisco.com/wp-content/uploads/timechart-550x314.png
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Fake Pirate Bay uses tricks to push PUS
- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002711.html
June 6, 2014 - "This is piratebay.com
> http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/piratebay_com.png
It's a cheap knockoff imitation of The Pirate Bay*. If you "search" for something — you'll be offered a custom named executable to download. Buried at the bottom of the page is this disclaimer:
> http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/piratebay_com_disclaimer.png
"Additional software may be offered to you"? Yeah… indeed it will. And the "decline" button is white text on gray on more gray. Very duplicitous.
> http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/piratebay_com_app_discovery.png
In all, several applications are installed. Given the target audience, this probably takes advantage of kids. Lame. To be avoided..."
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay
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Preying on Insecurity: Placebo Applications ...
- http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technic...ctionality-on-google-play-and-amazon-com.html
June 4, 2014 - "FireEye mobile security researchers recently uncovered, and notified Google and Amazon to take down, a series of anti-virus and security configuration apps that were nothing more than scams. Written easily by a thieving developer with just a few hundred lines of code then covered with a facade of images and progress bars, the seemingly useful apps for Android’s operating environment charge for installation and upgrade but do nothing. In other words, placebo applications. Fortunately all the applications have been removed from the Google Play store due to our discovery. Up to 50,000 downloads in some cases, these -fake- apps highlight how cybercriminals are exploiting the security concerns consumers have about the Android platform. In this case, we found five (!) fake antivirus apps that do nothing other than take a security-conscious user’s money, leaves them unprotected from mobile threats, and earns a criminal thousands of dollars for little work... the paid versions of the apps were available for Google Play customers outside the US and UK, while users in the UK and US could choose the free versions with in-app upgrade options. Also available in third party markets such as appbrain.com[1] and amazon.com[2], the fraudulent apps ranged in price from free to $3.99. The applications included:
Anti-Hacker PLUS (com.minaadib.antihackerplus) Price $3.99
JU AntiVirus Pro (com.minaadib.juantiviruspro) Price $2.99
Anti-Hacker (com.minaadib.antihacker) Free
Me Web Secure (com.minaadib.mewebsecurefree) Free
Me Web Secure Pro (com.minaadib.mewebsecure) Price $1.99
Taking full advantage of the legacy, signature-based approach mobile antivirus apps have adopted, that makes it hard for a user to tell if it really is working, total charges for these “security” apps ran into the thousands of US dollars in the Google Play store alone. This old security model puts users relying on such applications at risk, either because it incites them to download apps that simply don’t have functionality – as we see in this case – or they don’t provide adequate protection against today’s threats. Ultimately, users simply cannot tell when they are protected..."
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Six governments tap Vodafone calls
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/06/us-vodafone-group-disclosure-idUSKBN0EH0UK20140606
Jun 6, 2014 - "The world's second-biggest mobile phone company Vodafone revealed government agencies in six unidentified countries use its network to listen to and record customers' calls, showing the scale of telecom eavesdropping around the world... While most governments needed legal notices to tap into customers' communications, there were six countries where that was not the case, it said... Vodafone did not name the six for legal reasons... The Vodafone report, which is incomplete because many governments will not allow it to disclose requests, also linked to already-published national data which showed Britain and Australia making hundreds of thousands of requests. It showed that of the countries in which it operates, EU member Italy made the most requests for communication data. Germany, which expressed outrage when it was revealed last year that U.S. intelligence services had listened into the calls of Angela Merkel, also made requests to listen in to conversations and collect the data around them, such as where the calls were made and how long they lasted. Vodafone received no requests from the government of the United States because it does not have an operating licence there. It exited a joint mobile venture with Verizon last year..."

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[AplusWebMaster]

Fake ACH, Invoice SPAM, Barclays phish ...

FYI...

Fake ACH report – PDF malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/ach-transaction-failure-report-fake-pdf-malware/
9 June 2014 - "ACH transaction failure report is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers...

ACH PAYMENT REJECTED
The ACH Transaction (ID: 78751236216395), recently sent from your savings account (by you or any other person), was REJECTED by other financial institution.
Rejection Reason: See details in the acttached report.
Transaction Report: report_78751236216395.pdf (Adobe Reader PDF)
13450 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 100
Herndon, VA 20171
2014 NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association

9 June 2014; report_78751236216395.zip(310kb) : Extracts to report_46240876034052.scr
Current Virus total detections: 10/52* . This ACH transaction failure report 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...e72d67f596f7175e0b49efbe8f52b55cd2d/analysis/
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Fake inovice 2110254 SPAM
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/inovice-2110254-june-spam.html
9 June 2014 - "This terse but badly-spelled spam has a malicious attachment:
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 18:03:10 +0530 [08:33:10 EDT]
From: Ladonna Gray [wtgipagw@ airtelbroadband .in]
Subject: inovice 2110254 June
This email contains an invoice file attachment

Attached is an archive file invoice_2110254.zip which in turn contains the malicious executable invoice_98372342598730_pdf.exe which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 4/52*. Automated analysis tools are not able to determine exactly what the malware does."
* https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/fi...f912e3963abc3b24180b1640/analysis/1402318500/
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Barclays Phish - “For Security Purposes, Your Account has been Locked”
- http://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-...-your-account-has-been-locked-barclays-phish/
June 9, 2014 - "... simple phishing email currently in circulation which claims to be from Barclays:
> http://cdn.blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/barclaysphish0.jpg
It reads:
For security purposes, your online account has been locked.
To restore your account, please click : Sign into My Barclays Account and proceed with the verification process.

Clicking the link will take the victim to a page most likely hosted on a compromised website.
> http://cdn.blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/barclaysphish11.jpg
It asks for name, 5 digit passcode, DOB, telephone passcode, account number, sort code and debit card number. After filling in the relevant information and sending it to the phisher, the victim is redirected to a (legitimate) Barclays page about mortgages. If you or someone you know falls for this one, be sure to contact your bank as soon as possible so they can take the appropriate action. Phishing emails tend to have a little more effort put into them than this one, but the -fake- Barclays page is about as good as any other in terms of looking like the real thing. As always, avoid."
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- http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2014/06/08/cryptolocker-on-android.aspx
Jun 8, 2014 - "... The best patching tool is still the human brain. Did you expect that email? Is it wise to open that attachment?
The bad guys know we have a hard time patching the human."
S. Bradley

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[AplusWebMaster]

Fake Company Tax Return, Dropbox malware, KULUOZ SPAM...

FYI...

Fake Company Tax Return – PDF malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/company-tax-return-ct600_4938297-june-fake-pdf-malware/
10 June 2014 - "Company Tax Return – CT600_4938297 June is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers... Email reads:

This email contains an Company Tax Return form file attachment

10 June 2014: invoice_4938297.zip (55kb) Extracts to CT600_june_4323432432.pdf.exe
Current Virus total detections: 1/52* . This Company Tax Return – CT600_4938297 June 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...1acbe1b4edfc261435d9c40de1caa2ce389/analysis/
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Fake Voice mail SPAM - downloads malware from Dropbox
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/you-have-received-voice-mail-spam.html
10 June 2014 - "Another -fake- voice message spam, and another malware attack downloading from Dropbox.
From: Microsoft Outlook [no-reply@ victimdomain]
Date: 10 June 2014 15:05
Subject: You have received a voice mail
You received a voice mail : VOICE437-349-3989.wav (29 KB)
Caller-Id: 437-349-3989
Message-Id: U7C7CI
Email-Id: [redacted]
Download and extract the attachment to listen the message.
We have uploaded fax report on dropbox, please use the following link to download your file:
https ://www.dropbox .com/meta_dl/eyJzdWJfcGF0aCI6ICIiLCAidGVzdF9saW5rIjogZmFsc2UsICJzZXJ2ZXIiOiAiZGwuZHJvcGJveHVzZXJjb250ZW50LmNvbSIsICJpdGVtX2lkIjogbnVsbCwgImlzX2RpciI6IGZhbHNlLCAidGtleSI6ICIxeWEwMGx3enQ1aWdpOXEifQ/AANABss7_JqczoocZG5p_SjA659fq_BNbEs6hyC4CqDuBA?dl=1
Sent by Microsoft Exchange Server

The link downloads a file VOICE-864169741-28641.zip which in turn contains a malicious executable VOICE-864169741-28641.scr which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 4/52*. Automated analysis... indicates that it downloads files from the following domains:
newsbrontima .com
yaroshwelcome .com
granatebit .com
teromasla .com
rearbeab .com "
* https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/fi...f369284f85a5f81c629f345e/analysis/1402407401/

Dropbox phishing: Cryptowall, Bitcoins, and You
- http://phishme.com/inside-look-dropbox-phishing-cryptowall-bitcoins/#update
Updated June 10 - "... the attackers have changed their tactics... the email is disguised as a voicemail notification..."
- http://phishme.com/beware-phishing-emails-using-dropbox-links/
June 2, 2014
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News Headlines for KULUOZ SPAM ...
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlab...eal-news-headlines-for-kuluoz-spam-campaigns/
June 10, 2014 - "Last April, we reported a KULUOZ spam campaign using the South Korean ferry sinking tragedy... a malware that is distributed by the Asprox botnet. It can download certain strains of FAKEAV and ZACCESS malware onto the affected system, as well as have the potential to turn that system into a part of the Asprox botnet itself... Now it appears that the spam campaign is still going strong, with the cybercriminals behind the attack leveraging headlines from major news outlets...How they leverage the headlines themselves is relatively simple, and typical of a spam attack: they copy the headline and part of the news article from the news website and implement it into the mail itself, in order to make itself look legitimate to the user as well as bypass spam filters. It seems that this malware also used CNN and BBC News as sources of news clip snippets, incorporated in their spam runs.
KULUOZ spam sample with “Knife attack at South China Station”
> http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/files/2014/06/140609comment01.jpg
... we found that the spam email itself retains the previous template of shipping notifications, including that of Fedex and United States Postal Service.
KULUOZ spam sample with “Thai Coup news item”
> http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/files/2014/06/140609comment02.jpg
... this may seem like a typical spam run that takes news headlines in order to bypass spam filters (as well as trick users into reading them), it’s to note that the malware being used can compromise the security of unsecured systems should it be allowed to take root. The continued use of news headlines is also something to bear in mind, in that it is proof that as long as there is news to talk about, there will be threats that take advantage of them..."

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[AplusWebMaster]

Fake Invoice/Billing SPAM - PDF malware

FYI...

Fake Invoice/Billing SPAM - PDF malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/focus...-billing-information-fc4800-fake-pdf-malware/
11 June 2014 - "Focus Accounts Electronic Invoice and Billing Information for FC4800 is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers... Email reads:

Please find attached your May Invoice and, if you have requested them, additional reports relating to the call and line charges on this bill.
Don’t Forget – We provide a host of other products and services including:
Telephone Systems & Maintenance (both traditional and VoIP)
Office Cabling (Cat5)
IT Support & Maintenance, IT Equipment & Installation
Cloud Computing, Hosted Solutions, Data Backup & Antivirus
Broadband, FTTC, EFM, MPLS & Leased Lines
Mobile Phones & Mobile Broadband
Non-Geographic Numbers (0800, 0845, 0844, 0871)
Inbound and Call Centre Solutions
Web Design & Hosting, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Gas & Electricity Procurement
If you have any problems opening the file(s), or would like to discuss your bill, please call us or reply to this email.
Kind Regards,
Focus Billing.

11 June 2014 : 211852.zip ( 57kb) : Extracts to report_92da3ec16736842.pdf.exe:
Current Virus total detections: 2/53* . This Focus Accounts 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...25ce194db90608182ebc122d77590520110/analysis/
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Fake RBS SPAM spreads malware via Cubby .com
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/fake-rbs-spam-spreads-malware-via.html
11 June 2014 - "This -fake bank spam downloads malware from file sharing site cubby .com:
From: Sammie Aaron [Sammie@ rbs .com]
Date: 11 June 2014 12:20
Subject: Important Docs
Please review attached documents regarding your account.
To view/download your documents please click here
Tel: 01322 215660
Fax: 01322 796957
email: Sammie@ rbs .com
This information is classified as Confidential unless otherwise stated.


The download location is [donotclick]www .cubby .com/pl/Document-772976_829712.zip/_e97c36c260ed454d8962503b18e37e86 which downloads a file Document-772976_829712.zip which in turn contains a malicious executable Document-772976_829712.scr which has VirusTotal detection rate of just 1/54*. Automated analysis... show that it creates a file with the disincentive name googleupdaterr.exe and attempts to communicate with the following IPs:
85.25.148.6 (Intergenia AG, Germany)
192.99.6.61 (OVH, Canada)
217.12.207.151 (ITL Company, Ukraine)
(Plain list)
85.25.148.6
192.99.6.61
217.12.207.151 "
* https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/fi...e5a810f05d987604847c549d/analysis/1402490061/
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Fake Booking .com email - attached ZIP file contains trojan
- http://blog.mxlab.eu/2014/06/11/boo...ation-with-attached-zip-file-contains-trojan/
June 11, 2014 - "... new trojan distribution campaign by email with the subject 'Reservation for Thursday, June 12, 2014 BN_4914940'...

Screenshot: http://img.blog.mxlab.eu/2014/20140611_booking_com_virus.gif

The attached ZIP file has the name BN_4914940.zip and contains the 95 kB large file report_92da3ec16736842.pdf.exe. Please note that the numbers in the subject, message or attachment may vary with each email. The trojan is known as PWSZbot-FXE!3B53E958ECF1 or TrojanSpy.Zbot.herw. At the time of writing, 2 of the 51* AV engines did detect the trojan at Virus Total... Remove the email immediately from your computer. Use the Virus Total permalink* and Malwr permalink** for more detailed information."
* https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...608182ebc122d77590520110/analysis/1402480105/

** https://malwr.com/analysis/Y2NmMGJlNzA1MGRkNGE1MTljMGI0MjQ4MmVlOWMzOWY/

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[AplusWebMaster]

Hacked site serving Angler EK, Fake World Cup apps...

FYI...

pcwelt .de hacked - serving Angler EK on 91.121.51.237
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/pcweltde-hacked-serving-ek-on-9112151237.html
12 June 2014 - "The forum of popular German IT news site pcwelt .de has been -hacked- and is sending visitors to the Angler exploit kit. Visitors to the forum are loading up a compromised script hxxp ://www[.]pcwelt[.]de/forum/map/vbulletin_sitemap_forum_13.xml.js which contains some Base64 obfuscated malicious code... which uses a date-based DGA (domain generation algorithm) to direct visitors to a URL with the following format:
[7-or-8-digit-hex-string].pw/nbe.html?0.[random-number]
The .pw domain contains Base64 encoded data which points to the payload kit, in this case [donotclick]exburge-deinothe.type2consulting .net:2980/meuu5z7b3w.php ... which is hosted on 91.121.51.237 (OVH, France). This appears to be the Angler EK...
Recommended blocklist:
91.121.51.237
type2consulting .net
valueoptimizationfrontier .com
typetwoconsulting .com
afiduciaryfirst .com
7411447a .pw
31674ec .pw
e4ae59eb .pw
95bded0e .pw
(and if you can block all .pw domains then it is probably worth doing that too)...
(More detail and lists at the dynamoo URL above.)
Thanks to the #MalwareMustDie crew* and Steven Burn for help with this analysis."
* https://twitter.com/hashtag/MalwareMustDie?src=hash
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Fake World Cup 2014 apps ...
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlab...out-for-fake-versions-of-world-cup-2014-apps/
June 12, 2014 - "... Besides recently flooding the internet with phishing scams and the taking down two Brazilian government sites by hacktivists (the Sao Paulo Military Police website and the official World Cup 2014 Brazil website), cybercriminals are also targeting the mobile scene with scads of World Cup-themed mobile malware - more than 375 of them already at last count. We found these malicious apps lurking in unauthorized/third party app download stores, just waiting for users to install them on their mobile devices. Upon analysis, we found that the bulk of the malware in question are variants of prevalent mobile malware families... the remote server the apps connect to has 66 different domains, with each domain -spoofing- famous websites like MtGox .com...
Fake World Cup game apps:
> http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/files/2014/06/football4.jpg
.
> http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/files/2014/06/football5.jpg
... We also found that the C&C servers in question were also used to host third-party app download websites, where most apps are repacked with advertisements and information theft routines... Some football betting apps have also been found leaking information without user notification, as well as blatant security risks in their micropayment process. We advise users to be very careful with their financial and personal information when using these apps (or not to use them at all). Besides these malware, we also found quite a few high-risk apps also themed after the World Cup. Most, if not all, sport some sort of information theft routine, as well as pushing ad notifications/unwanted app advertisements. While it may be a fact of life that big sporting events like these will inevitably have some sort of cybercriminal attack or campaign following close behind, being a victim of them isn’t..."
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Malwarebytes anti-exploits service protects Windows XP users from attacks
Covers popular targets including Microsoft Office, Java and Adobe
- http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...ervice-protects-windows-xp-users-from-attacks
Jun 12 2014 - "... Malwarebytes has launched anti-exploit services* to protect Windows users from hacking attacks on vulnerabilities in popular targets including Microsoft Office, Adobe software products and Java, a service which even offers protection for Windows XP users. Consumer, Premium and Corporate versions of the service are available, and are designed to pre-emptively stop hackers from infecting Windows machines with malware... The Consumer version of the anti-exploit service is free and offers basic browser and Java protection..."
* http://blog.malwarebytes.org/news/2014/06/introducing-malwarebytes-anti-exploit/

- http://www.malwarebytes.org/antiexploit/
"... Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit wraps three layers of security around popular browsers and applications, preventing exploits from compromising vulnerable code. Not an antivirus, but compatible with most antivirus, Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit is a small, specialized shield designed to protect you against one of the most dangerous forms of malware attacks. And it’s free."

Download: http://downloads.malwarebytes.org/file/mbae
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Fake emails using false Intuit email address
- https://security.intuit.com/alert.php?a=106
6/11/2014 - "People are receiving fake emails claiming to be from Intuit - that are advertisement emails for services, such as auto and air conditioning repair. These emails are using a fake email address indicating they are coming from Intuit. These emails are -not- from Intuit and the email address "info @ intuit .com" is -not- an Intuit email address.
Steps to Take Now:
> Do not open the attachment in the email...
> Delete the email.

On the Internet, "phishing" refers to criminal activity that attempts to fraudulently obtain sensitive information...

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[AplusWebMaster]

Something evil on 64.202.123.43/64.202.123.44, World Cup scam ...

FYI...

Something evil on 64.202.123.43 and 64.202.123.44
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/something-evil-on-6420212343-and.html
13 June 2014 - "This is one of those ephemeral traces of malware you sometimes see, like a will-o'-the-wisp. Something seems to be there, but on closer examination it has vanished. But this isn't an illusion, it seems to be a cleverly constructed way of distributing malware which pops up and then vanishes before anyone can analyse it. The source of the infection seems to be a -malvertisement- on one of those sites with an immensely complicated set of scripts running on all sort of different sites, including those low-grade ad networks that have a reputation for not giving a damn about what their advertisers are doing. In this case, the visitor gets directed to a page at 12ljeot1.wdelab .com/ijvdg2k/2 which got picked up with a generic malware detection.. but by the time anyone gets to investigate the domain it is mysteriously not resolving. What appears to be happening is that the bad guys are publishing the malicious subdomains only for a very short time, then they stop it resolving and they publish another one. And one thing all these domains have in common is that they are using afraid.org for nameserver services. A bit of investigation shows that this malware is hosted on a pair of servers at 64.202.123.43 and 64.202.123.44 (HostForWeb, US), and despite that bad guys efforts they do leave a trace on services such as VirusTotal [1] [2] and URLquery [3]. This particular URLquery report* shows indications of the Fiesta EK. The attackers are covering their traces by using legitimate hijacked domains, the owners of which may not even be aware of the problem. Despite there being a large number of subdomains, I can only spot six domains being abused:
theholdens .org
denytech .com
jonmills .org
wdelab .com
dimatur .pt
hebel .ch
A full list of the subdomains that I have found so far can be found here [pastebin]**.
A look at the 64.202.123.0/24 block shows a mix of legitimate sites, plus some spammy ones and quite a lot that look malicious. If you are running a high-security environment then you might want to block this who range. Else, I would recommend the following minimum blocklist:
64.202.123.43
64.202.123.44
theholdens .org
denytech .com
jonmills .org
wdelab .com
dimatur .pt
hebel .ch "
1] https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/ip-address/64.202.123.43/information/

2] https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/ip-address/64.202.123.44/information/

3] http://urlquery.net/search.php?q=64.202.123.43&type=string&start=2011-06-25&end=2014-06-13&max=50

* http://urlquery.net/report.php?id=1402529850112

** http://pastebin.com/S4Ek7tcb
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Something suspect on 38.84.134.0/24
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/something-suspect-on-3884134024.html
13 June 2014 - "This attack (assuming it is an attack) revolves around a bunch of domains hosted in 38.84.134.0/24 (HostZealot, UK). It starts when a visitor visits the website click-and-trip .com hosted on 38.84.134.46 which purports to be some sort of hotel reservation system.
> https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DovIXTjyh78/U5sKp1caqII/AAAAAAAADJc/sP8ejWlBO-Y/s1600/click-and-trip.jpg
However, this URLquery report* also shows a suspected Fiesta EK pattern and/or a TDS (Traffic Distribution System) URL. In the case of the report, the landing page is [donotclick]asasas .eu/yo416f8/counter.php?id=5 on 38.84.134.171 but this is one of those cases where the landing page seems to change quickly... We can also check the IP's reputation at VirusTotal* and it doesn't look great. However, if we extend a look to neighbouring servers, we can see a similar pattern of domains all the way from 38.84.134.162 to 38.84.134.171... A look at all the hosts I can find in this range... show nothing of value, and a load of cyberquatting and spam sites. On balance, I think that blocking the entire 38.84.134.0/24 range may be prudent, even if it is hard to tell exactly what is going on here."
(More detail at the dynamoo URL above.)
* http://urlquery.net/report.php?id=1402655467225

** https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/ip-address/38.84.134.171/information/
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"Equity Investment Limited" lottery scam - still around after more than a decade
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/equity-investment-limited-lottery-scam.html
13 June 2014 - "... a non-existent UK National Lottery / FIFA Brazil 2014 World Cup scam..
> https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uA09964SpT8/U5rMlmAqQ5I/AAAAAAAADJM/IAo4bnzEOuM/s1600/NOTIFICATIONJPG.JPG
The scam is purportedly from a "Mrs Hilda Adams" references a -fake- company:
Equity Investment Limited
132 Blackburn Road
Bolton
BL7 9RP
England
UK
Tel: 00447924556231
Email: uklclaims@ mail .com
Some key parts of the email are:
Reference: EKS255125600304
Ticket number: 034-1416-4612750
But search for "Equity Investment Limited" on just about any search engine and the first hit you will get is an article I wrote way back in 2003* about a lottery scam using a company of exactly the same name. The email address is a throwaway free email account, the telephone number looks like it is British but in fact it a forwarding number provided by Cloud9** which could potentially forward calls to anywhere in the world. This type of "follow me anywhere" number is often abused by scammers. As for the address.. well, it's unlikely that whoever lives at that address is anything to do with this at all. Luckily, most people who run lottery scams have the intelligence of a box of rocks. And it seems that quite a few of their victims have heard of a thing called a search engine.."
* http://www.dynamoo.com/diary/equityinvestment_org_uk.htm

** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud9

Labels: 419, Advanced Fee Fraud, Lottery Scam, Spam

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[AplusWebMaster]

Fake Simply Business SPAM – malware

FYI...

Fake Simply Business SPAM – malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/please-fill-employer-reference-number-policy-mqbi352715xb-malware/
16 June 2014 - "'Please fill in your Employer Reference Number, policy – MQBI352715XB' pretending to come from Simply Business insurance company is another one from the current bot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment... This set of emails with the subject of 'Please fill in your Employer Reference Number, policy – MQBI352715XB < numbers vary>' is targeted at employers and small business rather than consumers. I cannot get any payload or malware. The links all lead to -compromised- websites or servers and all go to pages called hxxp ://< name of website >/err_log/sub/activate.html where a simple script -bounces- you on to hxxp :// 62.76.44.211 :8080/inbound.php which at this time is not responding. We believe this is likely to be one of the -exploit- kits that will attempt to install cryptowall on your computer, if you have a -vulnerable- version of Java, Flash, Adobe PDF reader or Microsoft Silverlight... The email looks like:
You’re receiving this important service message as a Simply Business customer with Employers’ Liability insurance
View it in your browser ...
[See image at the myonlinesecurity URL above.]

... look carefully at the unzipped file. If it says .EXE then it is a problem and should -not- be run or opened."

- http://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx
62.76.40.0 - 62.76.47.255
descr: IT House, Ltd
country: RU ...
address: 195427, St. Petersburg, Russia
route: 62.76.40.0/21
descr: IT House, Ltd
origin: AS48172 ...

- https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=AS:48172
"... over the past 90 days, 163 site(s)... served content that resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google tested a site on this network was on 2014-06-16, and the last time suspicious content was found was on 2014-06-16... Over the past 90 days, we found 35 site(s).. that appeared to function as intermediaries for the infection of 171 other site(s)... We found 26 site(s)... that infected 310 other site(s)..."
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Hacks steal Dominos Pizza customer data in Europe, ransom sought
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/16/us-dominos-pizza-cybersecurity-idUSKBN0ER1TF20140616
Jun 16, 2014 - "Hackers have stolen data on more than 600,000 Dominos Pizza Inc customers in Belgium and France, the pizza delivery company said, and an anonymous Twitter user threatened to publish the data unless the company pays a cash ransom. Customer names, delivery addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and passwords were taken from a server used in an online ordering system that the company is in the process of replacing, Dominos spokesman Chris Brandon said on Monday. He said he did not know if the stolen passwords had been encrypted. A Tweet directed at Domino's customers through an account of somebody listed as "Rex Mundi" said hackers would publish the customer data on the Internet unless the company pays 30,000 euros ($40,800), according to an article in The Telegraph. The Rex Mundi account was later suspended. Brandon said he was not familiar with the ransom demands, but that the company would not be making any such payment..."

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[AplusWebMaster]

New banker trojan, Fake Voicemail recived ...

FYI...

New banker trojan - Dyreza / delivered by SPAM
- https://www.csis.dk/en/csis/news/4262/
2014-06-16 - "We have been analyzing a new piece of banking malware, which is targeting some major online banking services. Among many, we have verified the following to be on the target list:
Bank of America
Natwest
Citibank
RBS
Ulsterbank
The code is designed to work similar to ZeuS and as most online banking threats it supports browser hooking for Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox and harvests data at any point an infected user connects to the targets specified in the malware. The malware is being delivered through -spam- campaigns. We have seen various subjects such as: "Your FED TAX payment ID [random number]" and "RE: Invoice #[random number]. The primary target appears to be the UK. We have seen RBS to be a specific target with the content:
"Please review attached documents regarding your account
To view/download your documents please click here
Tel: 01322 247616
Fax: 01322 202705
email: Leonel@ rbs .com
This information is classified as Confidential unless otherwise stated."

The traffic, when you browse the Internet, is being controlled by the attackers. They use a MiTM (Man in The Middle) approach and thus are able to read anything, even SSL traffic in clear text. This way they will also try to circumvent 2FA * ... Our intel shows that the group behind these attacks is likely to push/distribute a new campaign as a "Flash Player update". Still it's unclear if this is provided as a "Crime as a Service" or if it's a full circle criminal outfit. We believe this is a new banker trojan family and not yet another offspring from the ZeuS source code. CSIS would like to credit the following blog/analysis:
- http://phishme.com/project-dyre-new-rat-slurps-bank-credentials-bypasses-ssl/ "
"... block the IPs 85.25.148.6, 217.12.207.151, and 192.99.6.61 ..."

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-factor_authentication

- https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249153/Powerful_Dyreza_banking_malware_emerges
June 17, 2014
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Fake Voicemail recived - malware exploit
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/new-voicemail-recived-malware-exploit/
17 June 2014 - "... from Yesterdays Simply Business attack we have the same attack with a subject New voicemail recived pretending to come from YouMail which is another one from the current bot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers... we are unable to get any malware payload from it... Email looks like:

Screenshot: https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/...JH9eatgwmNyHCi_bUGRFVPZyEeaaYXX9hcV0N81l7ftlL
... You have received a Voicemail. Follow the link below to listen to it

... these emails use Social engineering tricks to persuade you to open the attachments that come with the email. Whether it appears to come from a friend or is more targeted at somebody who regularly is likely to receive PDF attachments or Word .doc attachments or any other common file that you use every day... make sure you have “show known file extensions enabled“... look carefully at the unzipped file. If it says .EXE then it is a problem and should -not- be run or opened..."
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Spamvertised ‘June invoice” themed emails lead to malware
- http://www.webroot.com/blog/2014/06/17/spamvertised-inovice-june-themed-emails-lead-malware/
June 17, 2014 - "Cybercriminals continue spamvertising tens of thousands of malicious emails on their way to socially engineer gullible end users, ultimately increasing their botnet’s infected population... recently intercepted a currently circulating malicious campaign enticing users into executing the fake attachment. Detection rate for a sampled malware: MD5: 8b54dedf5acc19a4e9060f0be384c74d – detected by 43 out of 54 antivirus scanners* as Backdoor.Win32.Androm.elwa... Once executed MD5: 8b54dedf5acc19a4e9060f0be384c74d** ...
It then phones back to the following C&C servers:
hxxp ://62.76.189.58 :8080/dron/ge.php
hxxp ://62.76.41.73 :8080/tst/b_cr.exe
62.76.41.73
62.76.185.30
95.101.0.115
... Detection rate for the dropped sample: MD5: 596ba17393b18b8432cd14a127d7c6e2 – detected by 36 out of 54 antivirus scanners as Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.tfdc ... Related malicious MD5s known to have phoned back to the same C&C server (62.76.41.73) ... Related malicious MD5s known to have phoned back to the same C&C server (95.101.0.115) ..."
* https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/fi...f912e3963abc3b24180b1640/analysis/1403011569/
"... invoice_pdf.exe ..."

** https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/fi...75adc2b6b4903cb71a4a40afa111cd1908d/analysis/

*** https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/fi...050e47f96f7d7f425be70a79008eb4f68a2/analysis/

62.76.189.58: https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/ip-address/62.76.189.58/information/
62.76.41.73: https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/ip-address/62.76.41.73/information/
62.76.185.30: https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/ip-address/62.76.185.30/information/
95.101.0.115: https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/ip-address/95.101.0.115/information/
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Fake Virgin Media SPAM - malware exploit
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/virgin-media-automated-billing-reminder-malware-exploit/
17 June 2014 - "... Virgin Media Automated Billing Reminder pretending to come from Virgin Media Online Services [billing@ virginmedia .com] is another one from the current bot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment... Once again we are unable to get any malware payload from it because the sites insist on some vulnerable software which we don’t have installed. There is an alternative version spreading with a subject of British Gas bill payment. pretending to come from British Gas [services@ britishgas .co.uk] but with exactly the same virgin media email. Email looks like:

Virgin Media Automated Billing Reminder
> https://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn...neyspears.com/2008/12/12/Virgin Media Web.jpg
Date 17th June 2014
This e-mail has been sent you by Virgin Media to inform you that we were
unable to process your most recent payment of bill. This might be due to
one of the following reasons:
A recent change in your personal information such as Name or address.
Your Credit or Debit card has expired.
Insufficient funds in your account.
Cancellation of Direct Debit agreement.
Your Card issuer did not authorize this transaction.
To avoid Service interruption you will need to update your billing profile, failure to update your profile may lead in service cancellation and termination.
Please click on the link below to login to e-Billing. You will need to login using your primary E-mail address.
Login to e-Billing
Once logged in you will need to fill in the required fields, please ensure all address and contact details are up to date, once submitted your account details will automatically be updated within 24 Hours.
Kind Regards,
Virgin Media
Customer Services Team
Ellis Willis

All of these emails use Social engineering tricks to persuade you to open the attachments that come with the email... make sure you have “show known file extensions enabled“... If it says .EXE then it is a problem and should -not- be run or opened."

:fear::fear:

 

[AplusWebMaster]

Fake Berkeley, Wells Fargo SPAM ...

FYI...

Fake Customer Daily Statement - XLS malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/customer-daily-statement-fake-xls-malware/
18 June 2014 - "Customer Daily Statement pretending to come from Berkeley Futures Limited [trade@bfl.co.uk] is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers... This email has a zip attachment that requires you to use the password in the body of the email to open the zip file ( hopefully this will slow down & make you think and help protect you). The zip contains 2 files: what appears to eb a genuine PDF statement and a file suggesting it is a Microsoft XLS ( Excel) file which is in fact a renamed .exe malware. Email reads:

Attached is your daily statement and payment request form for May 2014.
Please fulfill payment request form and send it back. The attached zip archive is secured with personal password.
Password: XL6Fs#
Berkeley On-line and Berkeley Equities are trading names of Berkeley Futures Limited. Berkeley Futures Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Registered no. 114159) © 2012 Berkeley Futures Limited

18 June 2014: XCU01.zip : Extracts to request_form_8943540512.xls.exe
Current Virus total detections: 3/54*. This is another one of the spoofed icon files that unless you have “show known file extensions enabled“, will look like a proper xls 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...ae861a434574a014c68542ee/analysis/1403073130/
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Pinterest and Tumblr Accounts Compromised to Spread Diet Pill Spam
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blo...lr-accounts-compromised-spread-diet-pill-spam
Updated: 18 Jun 2014 - "Over the weekend, a large number of Pinterest accounts were compromised and used to pin links to a miracle diet pill spam called Garcinia Cambogia Extract. Since most of the compromised accounts were linked to Twitter, these spam “pins” on Pinterest were also cross-posted to Twitter... The main reason spammers go through all of these hoops is to evade spam filters on social networks. On Pinterest, plenty of users pin posts from Tumblr blogs. On Tumblr, a redirect script called 'tumblr-redirect.js' hosted on Dropbox is inserted into each Tumblr page.
Are Twitter accounts compromised?
It does not appear so. Most of the tweets we have seen show they were shared through Pinterest and not Twitter. Symantec Security Response recommends the following tips for Pinterest, Tumblr, and Twitter users:
- Make sure your password on all these services are strong and unique*
- Tumblr users should enable two-factor authentication**
- Twitter users should revoke and reauthorize access to the Pinterest application "
* https://identitysafe.norton.com/password-generator

** http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/account_security
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Fake Wells Fargo SPAM - malicious PDF file
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/wells-fargo-important-docs-spam-has.html
17 June 2014 - "This -fake- Wells Fargo spam comes with a malicious PDF attachment:
From: Raul.Kelly@ wellsfargo .com
Date: 17 June 2014 18:50
Subject: Important docs
We have received this documents from your bank, please review attached documents.
Raul Kelly
Wells Fargo Accounting
817-713-1029 office
817-306-0627 cell Raul.Kelly@ wellsfargo .com
Investments in securities and insurance products are:
NOT FDIC-INSURED/NO BANK-GUARANTEES/MAY LOSE VALUE
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC is a nonbank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company, Member FINRA/SIPC. 1 North Jefferson, St. Louis, MO 63103 ...

The attachment is account_doc~9345845757.pdf which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 5/51*. The Malwr report doesn't say much but can be found here**."
* https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...bc574df4d4c0126a016cb36f/analysis/1403031721/

** https://malwr.com/analysis/M2ViODNlNzI5Yjc5NDQyODk1NzkxYzdmMDA5YzZkN2I/
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Fake Payment Overdue SPAM - PDF malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/payment-overdue-please-respond-fake-pdf-malware/
18 June 2014 - "Payment Overdue - Please respond pretending to come from Payroll Invoice [payroll@intuit.com] is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment... Email reads:
We have uploaded previous month reports on dropbox, please use the
following link to download your file:
https ://www.cubby .com/pl/Document_772-998.zip/_666f6271a7a8418a9881644fdcae6e1f
Sincerely,
Gabriel Preston
This e-mail has been sent from an automated system. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY...

18 June 2014: Document_772-998.zip (8kb) : Extracts to Document_772-998.scr
Current Virus total detections: 2/54* ... 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...32d5927c51f5a464961cddc60331ad79ab7/analysis/
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Fake Lloyds Bank SPAM
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/lloyds-bank-commercial-finance-customer.html
18 June 2014 - "Sent to the same targets and the same victim as this HSBC spam, this fake Lloyds Bank message comes with a malicious payload:
From: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance [customermail@ lloydsbankcf .co.uk]
Date: 18 June 2014 12:48
Subject: Customer Account Correspondence
This attachment contains correspondence relating to your customer account with Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Ltd.
This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.
If you have received this email in error please contact the individual or customer care team whose details appear on the statement.
This email message and its attachment has been swept for the presence of computer viruses.
Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance, No 1 Brookhill Way, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 3EL | www.lloydsbankcommercialfinance .co.uk

Ensuring that your PDF reader is up-to-date may help to mitigate against this attack."
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Fake Xerox WorkCentre Spam...
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/scanned-image-from-xerox-workcentre.html
18 June 2014 - "The PDF spammers are busy today - this is the third time this particular malicious PDF has been spammed out to victims, first as a fake HSBC message, then a fake Lloyds message, and now a fake Xerox WorkCentre spam.
From: Xerox WorkCentre
Date: 18 June 2014 13:41
Subject: Scanned Image from a Xerox WorkCentre
It was scanned and sent to you using a Xerox WorkCentre Pro.
Sent by: [redacted]
Number of Images: 0
Attachment File Type: PDF
WorkCentre Pro Location: Machine location not set
Device Name: [redacted]
Attached file is scanned image in PDF format...

The payload is a malicious PDF that is identical to the HSBC and Lloyds spams."
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Fake Electro Care SPAM - XLS malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/invoice-electro-care-electrical-services-ltd-fake-xlsmalware/
18 June 2014 - "Invoice from Electro Care Electrical Services Ltd is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment... Email looks like :
This invoice is the oldest and we did receive a cheque if £4900.00 On the 16/04/14
Please not that they have deducted CIS at 20% on the above payment so the total amount applied to this invoice is £5400.00.
Any question then please call me.
This message contains Invoice #03974 from Electro Care Electrical Services Ltd. If you have questions about the contents of this message or Invoice, please contact Electro Care Electrical Services Ltd.
Electro Care Electrical Services Ltd
Unit 18
Lenton Business Centre
Lenton Boulevard
Nottingham
NG7 2BY
T: 01159699638 F: 01159787862 ...

18 June 2014: ECE03974.zip (57kb) : Extracts to Electro Care Electrical Services Ltd invoice.scr
Current Virus total detections: 3/54* . Invoice from Electro Care Electrical Services Ltd is another one of the spoofed icon files that unless you have “show known file extensions enabled“, will look like a proper XLS 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...1a3723876515682be3d00c7b539413b51f8/analysis/
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Fake HSBC SPAM...
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/hsbc-unable-to-process-your-most-recent.html
18 June 2014 - "This convincing looking bank spam comes with a malicious PDF attachment:
From: HSBC.co.uk [service@ hsbc .co.uk]
Date: 18 June 2014 12:33
Subject: Unable to process your most recent Payment
HSBC Logo
You have a new e-Message from HSBC .co.uk
This e-mail has been sent to you to inform you that we were unable to process your most recent payment.
Please check attached file for more detailed information on this transaction.
Pay To Account Number: **********91
Due Date: 18/06/2014
Amount Due: £ 876.69 ...

Attached is a malicious PDF file HSBC_Payment_9854711.pdf which has a VirusTotal detection rate of just 6/53*. The Malwr report does not add much but can be found here**."
* https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/fi...32a520c5a258dc622709222d/analysis/1403092029/

** https://malwr.com/analysis/ZDZmNTFjOTA4ZjAyNDkzMmJiNDA1MGY3OGI5MzdiOWM/
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Android ransomware uses TOR
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/android-ransomware-uses-tor/
June 17, 2014 - "... samples we now detect as AndroidOS_Locker.HBT, we found that this malware shows a user interface that notifies the user that their device has been locked down, and that they need to pay a ransom of 1000 rubles to unlock it. The interface also states that failure to pay would result in the destruction of all data in the mobile device. Examples of apps we’ve seen display this routine are found in third-party app stores, bearing names such as Sex xonix, Release, Locker, VPlayer, FLVplayer, DayWeekBar, and Video Player. Non-malicious apps with these names are available from various app stores... The user will be asked to pay to account 79660624806/79151611239/79295382310 by QIWI or 380982049193 by Monexy within 48 hours. This UI will also keeping pop out, thus preventing the user from being able to use their device properly... we found that it communicates to its command-and-control server via TOR. Although this is not the first time we’ve seen Android malware use TOR, this is the first ransomware we’ve seen that uses it. Considering the amount of data that users now store in their mobile devices, we predict that this is just the start of the continuous development of mobile ransomware... How to Remove this Ransomware: For users whose devices are infected with this ransomware, the malicious app can be manually removed through the Android Debug Bridge. The adb is part of the Android SDK*, which can be freely downloaded from the Android website..."
* http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html

:fear::fear:

 

[AplusWebMaster]

Netflix – Phish...

FYI...

Netflix – Phish...
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/netflix-phishing/
19 June 2014 - "An email received with a subject saying Your Netflix Account Requires Validation that is -spoofed- to appear to come from NETFLIX [secure@ netflix .co.uk]. This is a new one on us. It is the first time I have seen a phish trying to get your Netfix log in details. The site in the link looks at first glance to be genuine. But if you look carefully, you will see the genuine Netflix site is - https://www.netflix.com/Login?locale=en-GB
This -fake- phishing site is http ://netflix-user .com/<lots of random characters>/Login.htm

The urls are very similar and show how careful you must be to make sure that you are on a genuine site and why you should -never- respond to emails asking for log in details...
Dear Customer,
We recently failed to validate your payment information we hold on record for your account, therefore we need to ask you to complete a brief validation process in order to verify your billing and payment details. Click here to verify your account Failure to complete the validation process will result in a suspension of your netflix membership. We take every step needed to automatically validate our users, unfortunately in this case we were unable to verify your details. The process will only take a couple of minutes and will allow us to maintain our high standard of account security.
Netflix Support Team

If you follow the link you see a webpage looking like:
> http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/netflix_phishing-site.png ..."

:fear: :spider:

 

[AplusWebMaster]

Password Protected Malware, Lloyds/TSB – Phish ...

FYI...

Password Protected Malware
- http://blogs.appriver.com/Blog/bid/103018/Password-Protected-Malware
Jun 18, 2014 - "... a small malware campaign started up claiming to be daily customer statements from “Berkeley Futures Limited” (real company, but messages are spoofed). The payload was an attached .zip file that was password protected. The password was displayed right in the original message body for the recipient though, whcih should be a red flag to users. A file will normally be encrypted when a password is used, making scanning inside an archive for malware not possible unless a user inputs the password on their computer to extract it. This can make filtering files like this tricky, but not impossible.
> http://blogs.appriver.com/Portals/53864/images/pwpzipmainemail-resized-600.PNG
The attached file contains 2 actual files inside. One is an scr file and the other is a pdf file of a fake invoice. The first interesting thing was that the file had a .zip extension, but it was actually a Rar file (First few bytes are RAR! instead of PK for zip).This could have been on purpose as some attempt to avoid some scanner, or an accident when they created the archive. Rar malware is much less common that zip malware since zip files work natively on most systems... The -fake- Spreadsheet in the archive is the scr executable. The file shows a compile date of 5/25/2014 and has a VirusTotal score of 3/52 AV engines. Upon opening the file, it turns out it is a Trojan downloader and it reaches out to the internet (62.76.43.110; Russian IP) and downloads a 220kb “1.exe” file that had an Amazon logo for an icon. This file has the same compile date as above and a capture rate of 5/52 on VirusTotal. The AV engines classify it as a Zbot. When running this exe, it tries to reach out to another Russian IP but no connection could be established... The zbot is a common piece of malware we see due to its main purpose of being built to steal money, meaning it can be very profitable for the people behind malware campaigns. A good bit of advice with password protected zips is that if the password is in the email, that sort of defeats the whole reason of being secure and having a password. I would suggest people be cautious of any files from unknown senders but especially wary of password protected zips with the password in the body. Using a protected zip is a common way for malware authors to try and sneak through any malware filtering a company may be using. Currently we are blocking this malware with over 40,000 hits so far this morning."
(More detail and screenshots at the appriver URL above.)

62.76.43.110: https://www.virustotal.com/en/ip-address/62.76.43.110/information/
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Spamvertised ‘Customer Daily Statement’ emails lead to malware
- http://www.webroot.com/blog/2014/06...r-daily-statement-themed-emails-lead-malware/
June 20, 2014 - "... persistent spamvertising of tens of thousands of fake emails, for the purpose of socially engineering gullible end users into executing the malicious attachments found in the rogue emails. We’ve recently intercepted a currently circulating malicious campaign, impersonating Barkeley Futures Limited, tricking users into thinking that they’ve received a legitimate “Customer Daily Statement”.
More details: Sample screenshot of the spamvertised email:
> https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-con..._Customer_Daily_Statement_Berkley_Futures.png
Detection rate for a sampled malware: MD5: b05ae71f23148009c36c6ce0ed9b82a7 – detected by 29 out of 54 antivirus scanners* as Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Foreign.kxka
* https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...e70f36cd99bae861a434574a014c68542ee/analysis/
Once executed, the sample drops the following malicious MD5 on the affected hosts: MD5: ed54fca0b17b768b6a2086a50ac4cc90 **
** https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...9a5d4c9e5b2fb79ce8ac0428bd7318f44c8/analysis/
It then phones back to the following C&C servers:
62.76.43.110
62.76.185.94
Related malicious MD5s known to have phoned back to the following C&C server (62.76.43.110):
MD5: c02e137963bea07656ab0786e7cc54de . Once executed, the dropped MD5: ed54fca0b17b768b6a2086a50ac4cc90 starts listening on ports 35073.
also phones back to the following C&C servers:
62.76.185.94
23.62.99.40
Related malicious MD5s known to have phoned back to the following C&C server (23.62.99.40)..."

23.62.99.40: https://www.virustotal.com/en/ip-address/23.62.99.40/information/
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Fake ACH/Bank form – PDF malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/ach-bank-account-information-form-fake-pdf-malware/
20 June 2014 - "ACH – Bank account information form pretending to come from Bettye Cohen [Bettye.Cohen@ jpmchase .com] is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment...
Email reads:
Please find attached the business account forms 9814285.
If you are unable to open the attached file, please reply to this email with a contact telephone number. The Finance Dept will be in touch in due course.
Bettye_Cohen
Chase Private Banking Level III Officer
3 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
T. 212.804.3166
F. 212.991.5185

20 June 2014: Important Chase Private Banking Forms.zip (93 kb) Extracts to: Important Chase Private Banking Forms.scr
Current Virus total detections: 3/54* . This ACH – Bank account information form 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...d993c7a0f779584ca45be78b8c421085a24/analysis/
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Fake Cloud Storage Mails lead to Pharmacy Sites
- http://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-...torage-mails-lead-to-canadian-pharmacy-sites/
June 20, 2014 - "We’re seeing a number of emails claiming that image files have been uploaded to the web, or have simply been damaged somehow. Here’s one claiming to be from “Box”, which as you may already know is a Cloud content management service:
> http://cdn.blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boxspam1.jpg
The large “View Images” button leads clickers to a Canadian pharmacy spam page:
> http://cdn.blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/canadianpharma.jpg
We’ve seen a few others like the above but in those cases the final destination was already offline, so it’s hard to say exactly what they were trying to send people to. Here’s one stating that your files have been uploaded, this time from “Drive”. SkyDrive / OneDrive? Google Drive? I have no idea, but here it is anyway:
> http://cdn.blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/drivespam.jpg
Don’t panic if confronted with mysterious messages about damaged files or uploads you know nothing about. It’s just a slice of spammy -clickbait- which can be safely ignored."
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Lloyds/TSB – Phish...
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/lloydstsb-important-update-notification-phishing/
20 June 2014 - "We all get frequent phishing emails pretending to come from a bank or other financial institution. Todays offering shouldn’t really fool anybody, but it will as usual, when you don’t check carefully the address the link sends you to in your browser address bar. Subject says:
Important Update Notification ... and pretends to come from LloydsTSB

Any customer of the bank knows that Lloyds and TSB have now split up and you either have Lloyds Bank or TSB bank . Most of us still have a credit/debit car and cheque book that says LloydsTSb, but all communications from these banks have been Lloyds or TSB specific for some considerable time now. Email looks like:

Dear Valued Customer,
The update to our mobile banking app for iPhone and Android users is coming this summer.
We’ve made some big improvements, so it’s easier and quicker to use with enhanced security. You’ll need an up-to-date phone number so you can complete
device registration the first time you use it.
Please ensure your phone numbers are up to date today by checking your details now.
CHECK MY DETAILS NOW
Sincerely,
Lloyds Bank plc ...

If you follow the link you see a webpage looking -identical- to the genuine Lloyds bank log in site..."

:fear:

 

[AplusWebMaster]

Fake Order – doc malware, Fake Domain Expired scam/spam, Dropbox phish ...

FYI...

Fake Order|Mobile Inc. – malformed Word doc malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/order-7085967-mobile-inc-malformed-word-doc-malware/
23 June 2014 - "Your Order No 7085967 | Mobile Inc. is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment... word .doc attachment. The word .doc is malformed and will infect you if you have a vulnerable version of word or some other out of date software on the computer. Luckily Microsoft security essentials detects and blocks it on my computer. It is detected as W97M/Adobdocro.A Just -previewing- the attachment in your email client or browser might be enough to infect you. MSE jumped in and blocked it as soon as I selected preview, so beware and immediately delete the entire email without attempting to open, save or preview the attachment. We have had this malware running on a test system and it downloads a file from http ://barniefilm1996 .ru/info.exe which is detected on Virus total by 11/54 AV's*...
Thank you for ordering from Mobile Inc.
This message is to inform you that your order has been received and is currently being processed.
Your order reference is 4863028. You will need this in all correspondence.
This receipt is NOT proof of purchase. We will send a printed invoice by mail to your billing address.
You have chosen to pay by credit card.
Your card will be charged for the amount of 5.38 USD and “Mobile Inc.” will appear next to the charge on your statement.
Your purchase information appears below in the file...

23 June 2014: Order_230614.Doc (47 kb) Current Virus total detections: 2/51**
MALWR Auto Analysis***
This Your Order No 7085967 | Mobile Inc. is another one of the spoofed icon files that unless you have “show known file extensions enabled“, will look like a proper word .doc 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.virustotal.com/en/file/...eba77454dc09a6d36b3532a933a671d0a49/analysis/

** https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...d2eddf12b8bafd5045ade81230df92291e5/analysis/

*** https://malwr.com/analysis/YzY0NzdhZmNmOGM2NDI2MWFhZmE0M2ExZmEzNGFmNWU/
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Fake Amazon email delivers Malware
- http://blog.malwarebytes.org/security-threat/2014/06/fake-amazon-local-mails-deliver-malware/
June 23, 2014 - "Beware of an email in circulation claiming to be from 'Amazon Local', which mentions invoices for an order you -never- actually made. If you buy a lot of goods from Amazon there’s always the possibility you might fall for this one in the general deluge of legitimate payment confirmation emails.

Screenshot: http://cdn.blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/fakeamazonlocal1.jpg

... Note that the email mentions the order was placed on the 15th, which adds to the illusion of “Wait…did I actually order this but forget about it?” The attachment is called order_id.zip, though it had already been scrubbed from the service it was sent to up above so we can’t give more information on it at this time. You can see more examples of what appear to be related campaign mails over on this CISCO alert*. As with all fake order mails, be very cautious around attachments and if there’s an order you’re not sure about then login to Amazon or [merchant x] and see if you actually are missing a delivery. Chances are, the only thing waiting in your mailbox is some Malware..."
* http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=33857
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Fake "Domain Listing Expired" scam/spam (ibulkmailer .com / 192.99.148.65)
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/06/domain-listing-expired-scam-spam.html
23 June 2013 - " I've received this spam to the contact details for several domains I own in the past few weeks:

Screenshot: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUNl02431Fo/U6gBs0SQemI/AAAAAAAADNQ/HhaxQ77t6VQ/s1600/domain-renewal.png

It looks like a domain renewal notice.. but it isn't. It's a renewal notice for SEO services. "But wait," I hear you cry, "I haven't signed up for any SEO services!" to which my answer is "Exactly!" This is where the spam moves from being annoying to being a more of a -scam- ... The use of the word "Renew" implies that you already have a relationship with these people but you do not. There is nothing to renew, but stating that this is something you already use is not only incorrect but in my personal opinion it is a -fraudulent- misrepresentation. The link in the email goes to 192.99.148.65 (OVH Canada, not surprisingly) and then onto a landing page at ibulkmailer .incom on 192.185.170.196 (Websitewelcome, US)... If you get these spam messages (and the link still leads to ibulkmailer .com) then one effective way of dealing with it would be to forward the message to the webhost abuse department at abuse -at- websitewelcome .com. Doing business with spammers is never a good idea, and doing business with spammers who misrepresent your relationship with them is likely to be a very bad idea indeed. Avoid..."
(More detail at the dynamoo URL above.)

192.99.148.65: https://www.virustotal.com/en/ip-address/192.99.148.65/information/

192.185.170.196: https://www.virustotal.com/en/ip-address/192.185.170.196/information/
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Dropbox Phish ...
- http://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-scam/2014/06/this-dropbox-phish-is-not-after-your-dropbox-creds/
June 23 2014 - "It’s after your email usernames and passwords. All of them if possible, actually.
Screenshot: http://cdn.blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/db01.png
We suggest that you forget about the image you wanted to see that resulted to this page loading up and -close- the browser tab immediately. As those who are familiar with phishing know, the only end result for anyone who willingly (albeit unknowingly) hand over their digital keys to the wrong hands is more trouble. From the interface, we can infer that this -phishing- campaign placed priority into getting credentials from Yahoo!, Gmail, Hotmail, and Aol email users. Clicking each logo on the page displays a little window where one can provide their login details.
> http://blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/db03-gmail.png?w=484
Clicking the green “Sign In” button leads users to the default login pages of these email services. If one happens to use the same user name and password combination across his/her online accounts, from cloud storage sites like Dropbox to digital libraries, emails and social networks (clearly a bad practice we should stop doing), it’s highly likely that more than one account would get compromised with just a single phishing campaign. Several security vendors flag this page as malicious as well since they detect a script in it as equally malicious. Furthermore, we found that the domain where this page is hosted [an official website of a company that is into the trading and wholesale of alloy wheels and accessories] was -hacked- and defaced in January this year. We can only assume that either the security issues surrounding the website has not been fully addressed or the issues were never mitigated..."
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ZBOT-UPATRE far from Game Over - uses Random Headers
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlab...patre-far-from-game-over-uses-random-headers/
June 23, 2014 - "TROJ_UPATRE, the most common malware threat distributed via spam, is known for downloading encrypted Gameover ZeuS onto affected systems. This ZeuS variant, in turn, is known for its use of peer-to-peer connections to its command-and-contol (C&C) servers. This behavior has been known about since October 2013. We have observed that these specific ZeuS variants are now employing non-binary files. The UPATRE downloader is also responsible for decrypting these malicious files. This is done to bypass security features and avoid detection and removal from the infected systems. Previously, ZBOT malware can be detected via its header with ZZP0 even though it is initially encrypted by UPATRE. However, in our recent findings, it is found that ZeuS dropped this header and now uses -random- headers and changed its file extension, thus making it arduous to be detected in the network... UPATRE is continuously developing not only in terms of effective social engineering lures such as the abuse of Dropbox links to lead to ZBOT, NECURS, and just recently, Cryptolocker. This 'improvement' can also be seen in the use of XOR key to decrypt the downloaded file. We can say that the cybercriminals behind UPATRE are aware that their tactic of encrypted downloaded file is already detected by security solutions. As such, they continually modify their algorithm to circumvent efforts to detect and mitigate the risk posed by UPATRE... As a downloader, the main function of UPATRE is to deliver the main payload: Gameover ZeuS. In the past, the Pony loader and Cutwail spam botnet was used to download GoZ malware..."

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Seasonal Scam returns ...

FYI...

Seasonal Scam returns ...
- http://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-scam/2014/06/advisory-seasonal-scam-returns/
June 24, 2014 - "... For those who are still in the middle of planning on a trip with family or friends, preparing for That Day is an essential step not to miss. And for most of us, part of that preparation is getting healthy, looking fit (thus, good) before hitting the beach... there are sites out there ready to pounce on unwary internet users browsing the Web in search of the latest diet craze, fitness regimens of their favourite celebrities, or healthy recipes that are easy to whip up. Depending on how you combine certain keywords like “summer” and “diet” in your search, you may find yourselves ending up with results that lead to sites such as the below:
> http://cdn.blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TMZ.png
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> http://cdn.blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gracinia.png
... Malware Intelligence Analyst Chris Boyd has written extensively about this campaign last year. You may check out the scam timeline he put together here* if you’re curious to find out more. Links to Garcinia scams can be shared via email through compromised accounts and social networks like Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram. That said, we should remain cautious about clicking links from others wherever we are online."
* http://www.threattracksecurity.com/it-blog/garcinia-cambogia-spam-a-timeline-and-new-outbreaks/

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