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Wednesday 11 November 2015

Malware spam: "Refund from Bowater Incorporated" / PayPal

This fake PayPal email leads to malware:

From:    service@paypal.co.uk
Date:    11 November 2015 at 16:27
Subject:    Refund from Bowater Incorporated

PayPal

Bowater Incorporated has just sent you a refund

Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:27:26 +0100
Transaction ID: 47E30904DC4145388
Dear Customer,
Bowater Incorporated has just sent you a full refund of £7849.90 GBP for your purchase.
If you have any questions about this refund, please contact Bowater Incorporated
The refund will go to your PayPal account. It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.
To see all the transaction details, please download and view from the link below.
https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=view-a-trans&id=47E30904DC4145388
Merchant information
Bowater Incorporated
Note from merchant
None provided




Original transaction details
Description Unit price Qty Amount
Purchase from Bowater Incorporated £7849.90 GBP 1 £7849.90 GBP
Insurance: ----
Total: £7849.90 GBP
Refund to PayPal Balance: £7849.90 GBP
Invoice Number: 59266315
Yours sincerely,
PayPal
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PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A.
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Registered office: 64-75 Boulevard Royal, L-3369 Luxemburg
RCS Luxemburg B 205 162
PayPal Email ID PP1479 - nsjwiqin1ob5c

The link in the email goes to a download location at sharefile.com which leads to a file transaction details.zip containing a malicious executable transaction details.scr.

This binary has a VirusTotal detection rate of just 1/55. The Hybrid Analysis report shows network traffic consistent with Upatre download the Dyre banking trojan. One key IP address in 197.149.90.166 (Cobranet, Nigeria) which is well worth blocking.

MD5:
28989811c6b498910637847d538e43bf

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