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Friday, 25 July 2014

HMRC "Tax Notice July 2014" spam

This fake HMRC tax notice comes with a malicious attachment:

Date:      Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:48:37 +0900 [03:48:37 EDT]
From:      HMRC Revenue&Customs [Rosanne@hmrc.gov.uk]
Reply-To:      Legal Aid Agency [re-HN-WFCLL-OECGTZ@hmrc.gov.uk]


Dear [redacted] ,

Please be advised that one or more Tax Notices (P6, P6B) have been issued.

For the latest information on your Tax Notices (P6, P6B) please open attached report.
Document Reference: 34320-289.



The security and confidentiality of your personal information is important for us. If you have any questions, please either call the toll-free customer service phone number.
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Attached is a file P6_rep_34320-289.zip which unZips to a folder called P6_rep(9432)_84632_732.doc which contains a malicious executable P6_rep(9432)_84632_732.doc.scr which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 4/53.

The CAMAS report shows that a second component is downloaded from 37.139.47.167/bt/2.exe which in turn has a VirusTotal detection rate of 5/52.


The IP address of 37.139.47.167 is in the same /24 as the two other IPs mentioned here. I would very strongly recommend blocking traffic to at least 37.139.47.0/24 or the whole 37.139.40.0/21 range (although there do seem to be some legitimate Russian-language sites in there). The IP belongs to:

inetnum:        37.139.40.0 - 37.139.47.255
netname:        COMFORTEL-NET
descr:          COMFORTEL ltd.
country:        RU
admin-c:        ME3174-RIPE
tech-c:         RASS-RIPE
status:         ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:         MNT-PIN
mnt-routes:     MNT-PIN
mnt-domains:    PIRIX-MNT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

person:         Mikhail Evdokimov
address:        PIRIX
address:        Obukhovskoy Oborony, 120-Z
address:        192012, St.Petersburg
address:        Russia
phone:          +7 812 3343610
fax-no:         +7 812 6002014
nic-hdl:        ME3174-RIPE
mnt-by:         RUNNET-MNT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

person:         Dmitry Rassohin
address:        194156, St.Petersburg, Russia
address:        Bolshoy Sampsonievskiy prospekt 106A, apt. 304
phone:          +7 931 2700021
nic-hdl:        RASS-RIPE
mnt-by:         RASS-MNT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

route:          37.139.40.0/21
descr:          PIRIXROUTE
origin:         AS56534
mnt-by:         MNT-PIN
source:         RIPE # Filtered

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