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Friday 27 April 2012

LinkedIn spam / 50.116.23.176 and 64.244.61.40

Another LinkedIn spam leading to malware, this time on 50.116.23.176 and 64.244.61.40:

Date:      Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:19:17 +0800
From:      "LinkedIn reminder" [reminder@linkedin.com]
Subject:      LInkedin pending messages

LinkedIn
REMINDERS

Invitation reminders:
• From Scott Burwell (Colleague at Nortel)


PENDING MESSAGES

• There are a total of 50 messages awaiting your response. Visit your InBox now.

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The malicious payload is on 50.116.23.176/showthread.php?t=9d77a9163cda8dbe (report here) hosted by Linode in the US. There is a subsequent download attempted from 64.244.61.40/rUPYeVt0.exe which appears to be a legitimate hacked server belonging to cheekyshare.com.

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