Malware spam: "Despatch Note FFGDES34309" / Foyle Food Group Limited [accounts@foylefoodgroup.com]

This fake financial spam is not from Foyle Food Group Limited but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From     Foyle Food Group Limited [accounts@foylefoodgroup.com]
Date     Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:58:37 +0700
Subject     Despatch Note FFGDES34309

Please find attached Despatch Note FFGDES34309

I haven't had the chance to do the analysis myself, so I am relying on the analysis of a contact (thank you). The attachment is FFGDES34309.doc which comes in three different variants, downloading from:

jjcoll.in/56gf/g545.exe
romana.fi/56gf/g545.exe
clickchiropractic.com/56gf/g545.exe

This has an MD5 of d88c2bed761c7384d0e8657477af9da7 and a detection rate of 6/49. According to my contact, this phones home to:

85.143.166.200 (Pirix, Russia)
103.245.153.70 (OrionVM, Australia)
144.76.73.3 (Hetzner, Germany)

This drops the Dridex banking trojan. The behaviour is consistent with botnet 220.

Recommended blocklist:
85.143.166.200
103.245.153.70
144.76.73.3

Malware spam: "Quick Question" / Resume.rtf

This spam leads to malware:

From:    Laurena Washabaugh [washabaugh.1946@rambler.ru]
Date:    29 January 2016 at 10:10
Subject:    Quick Question
Signed by:    rambler.ru

What's going on?
I was visting your website on 1/29/2016 and I'm very interested.
I'm currently looking for work either full time or as a intern to get experience in the field.
Please review my CV and let me know what you think.

Best regards,

--
Laurena Washabaugh 

The attachment is named Resume.rtf, but is it actually a DOCX file with a malicious macro [pastebin], the document has a VirusTotal detection rate of 9/54. I haven't had time to do a detailed analysis, but these automated analyses [1] [2] [3] show it phoning home to:

89.248.166.131 (Quasi Networks, Seychelles)

I recommend that you block traffic to that IP. I'm not sure about what this drops, possibly ransomware. No doubt someone reading this will :)

Malware spam: "Enterprise Invoices No.91786" / Enterprise Security Distribution (South West) Limited

This fake financial spam does not come from Enterprise Security Distribution (South West) Limited but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From:    Vicki Harvey
Date:    27 January 2016 at 15:30
Subject:    Enterprise Invoices No.91786

Please find attached invoice/s from
Enterprise Security Distribution (South West) Limited
Unit 20, Avon Valley Business Park
St Annes Road
St Annes
Bristol
BS4 4EE


Vicki Harvey
Accountant
Tel: 0117 977 5373

The name of the sender and references will vary. There seem to be several different versions of the attachment named in a format Canon-mf30102A13A@altel.kz_2615524.xls, some example results at VirusTotal are here [1] [2] [3] [4].

The attachments are malformed. You may not be able to download them, or it may appear there are no attachments. It will vary from email client to email client.

Analysis of the attachments is pending, although these Malwr analyses [1] [2] [3] attempted downloads from:

109.234.35.37/californication/ninite.php
5.189.216.105/californication/ninite.php

This binary has a zero detection rate at VirusTotal.  That VirusTotal report and this Malwr report indicate network traffic to:

8.254.218.46 (Level 3, US)

I strongly recommend that you block traffic to that IP. This will be some variant of the Dridex banking trojan.

[UPDATE]

This additional Malwr report shows another IP worth blocking:

103.224.83.130 (#2 of Group 1, Lingshan, China)

Malware spam: "Invoice 9210" / Dawn Salter [dawn@mrswebsolutions.com]

This make financial spam is not from MRS Web Solutions Ltd  but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From     Dawn Salter [dawn@mrswebsolutions.com]
Date     Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:04:27 +0530
Subject     Invoice 9210

Good afternoon

I hope all is good with you.

Please see attached invoice 9210.

Kind regards

Dawn

Dawn Salter
Office Manager

Tel:
DDI:
Web:


+44 (0)1252 616000 / +44 (0)1252 622722
+44 (0)1252 916494
www.mrswebsolutions.com

1 Blue Prior Business Park, Church Crookham, Fleet, Hants, GU52 0RJ


[Google Partner]

[BPMA Chartered Supplier]

[Facebook]

[LinkedIn]

[Twitter]

[Google Plus]


DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and attachments are confidential and are intended solely
for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented
are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of MRS Web
Solutions Limited. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have
received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing,
or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If this transmission is received
in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your e-mail
system. All electronic transmissions to and from MRS Web Solutions Ltd are recorded
and may be monitored.Company Registered in England No. 3900283. VAT GB733622153.


______________________________________________________________________
This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service.
For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com
______________________________________________________________________

The attachment is named 9210.doc which I have seen come in three versions (VirusTotal [1] [2] [3]). The Malwr reports for those [4] [5] [6] shows executable download locations at:

www.cityofdavidchurch.org/54t4f4f/7u65j5hg.exe
www.hartrijders.com/54t4f4f/7u65j5hg.exe
grudeal.com/54t4f4f/7u65j5hg.exe

This binary has a detection rate of 1/53 and an MD5 of  9c8b2d84665aeedc1368e9951c07a469. Hybrid Analysis of the binary shows that it phones home to:

119.160.223.115 (Loxley Wireless Co. Ltd., Thailand)

This is the same IP as seen in this earlier spam run, I recommend you block it.

Malware spam: "New Order" / Michelle Ludlow [Michelle.Ludlow@dssmith.com]

This fake financial spam does not come from DS Smith Plc, but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From     Michelle Ludlow [Michelle.Ludlow@dssmith.com]
Date     Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:27:22 +0800
Subject     New Order

Hi

Please see attached for tomorrow.

Thanks
Michelle Ludlow
Customer Services Co-Ordinator - Packaging Services

Packaging Division
Dodwells Road, Hinckley LE10 3BX, United Kingdom
T +44 (0)1455 892939 F  +44 (0)1455 892924
michelle.ludlow@dssmith.com
www.dssmith.com

This e-mail message is intended solely for the person to whom it is addressed and
may contain confidential or privileged information. If you have received it in error,
please notify us immediately and destroy this e-mail and any attachments. In addition,
you must not disclose, copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on this e-mail
or any attachments. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those
of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. E-mail may be
susceptible to data corruption, interception, unauthorised amendment, viruses and
unforeseen delays, and we do not accept liability for any such data corruption, interception,
unauthorised amendment, viruses and delays or the consequences thereof. Accordingly,
this e-mail and any attachments are opened at your own risk. DS Smith Plc, registered
in England and Wales (company number 1377658), with its registered office at 350
Euston Road, London, NW1 3AX.

So far I have seen two different variants of the attachment doc4502094035.doc (VirusTotal [1] [2]) which according to these Malwr reports [3] [4] download a malicious executable from the following locations:

vinagps.net/54t4f4f/7u65j5hg.exe
trendcheckers.com/54t4f4f/7u65j5hg.exe

This binary has a detection rate of 5/53. Those two Malwr reports and the VirusTotal report show the malware phoning home to:

119.160.223.115 (Loxley Wireless Co. Ltd., Thailand)

I strongly recommend that you block traffic to that IP. The payload is probably the Dridex banking trojan and this looks consistent with botnet 220 activity.

Malware spam: "Alpha Heating Innovation"

This fake financial email is not from Alpha Heating Innovation but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From     Kurt Sexton
Date     Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:59:05 -0500
Subject     =?UTF-8?B?UmVtaXR0YW5jZSBBZHZpY2UgNTk2M0U5?=

For the attention of Accounts Receivable,

We are attaching an up to date remittance advice detailing the latest payment on
your account.

Please contact us on the email address below if you would like your remittance sent
to a different email address, or have any queries regarding your remittance.


Kind regards,
Kurt Sexton

Best Regards,

Kurt Sexton


Credit Controller - Alpha Heating Innovation



t - 01732 783 019

f - 0844 871 8765

e - stacey.tomsett@alpha-innovation.co.uk

w - www.alpha-innovation.co.uk



Head Office: Alpha Heating Innovation - Nepicar House - London Road - Wrotham Heath
- Kent - TN15 7RS - 01732 783 000

National Distribution Centre: Alpha Heating Innovation – Unit 7 Euroway – Quarry
Wood Industrial Estate - Aylesford - Kent – ME20 7UB - 01622 711 000

The names of the sender and reference numbers will vary. I have only seen two different variants of the attachment, in the format remittance_advice5963E9.doc (VirusTotal [1] [2]) but there are probably more. Analysis is pending, and at the moment I have not had time to decode the document that looks like this [pastebin]. It does seem to have some characterstics of a Dridex downloader.

Malware spam FAIL: "Direct Debit Mandate from COMPANY NAME"

This morning's Dridex spam run spoofs a set of random companies. However, the attachment is malformed and cannot be downloaded.. at least in the samples I have seen.

From:    Hilton Castaneda
Date:    25 January 2016 at 09:40
Subject:    Direct Debit Mandate from NORTH ATLANTIC SMALL COS INV TST

Good morning

Please attached Direct Debit Mandate from NORTH ATLANTIC SMALL COS INV TST;
complete, sign and scan return at your earliest convenience.


Kind regards,

Hilton Castaneda
TEAM SUPPORT
NORTH ATLANTIC SMALL COS INV TST
t. 01897 566 634
f. 0856 814 1637

==========

From:    Stanford Rich
Date:    25 January 2016 at 08:39
Subject:    Direct Debit Mandate from SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Good morning

Please attached Direct Debit Mandate from SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO LTD;
complete, sign and scan return at your earliest convenience.


Kind regards,

Stanford Rich
TEAM SUPPORT
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
t. 01899 146 416
f. 0818 208 3763

==========

From:    Jewell Chavez
Date:    25 January 2016 at 09:38
Subject:    Direct Debit Mandate from STELLAR DIAMONDS PLC

Good morning

Please attached Direct Debit Mandate from STELLAR DIAMONDS PLC;
complete, sign and scan return at your earliest convenience.


Kind regards,

Jewell Chavez
TEAM SUPPORT
STELLAR DIAMONDS PLC
t. 01723 748 961
f. 0849 101 7259

==========

From:    Louisa Nielsen
Date:    25 January 2016 at 09:08
Subject:    Direct Debit Mandate from HALMA

Good morning

Please attached Direct Debit Mandate from HALMA;
complete, sign and scan return at your earliest convenience.


Kind regards,

Louisa Nielsen
TEAM SUPPORT
HALMA
t. 01522 109 616
f. 0868 158 4319

I haven't had time to do any analysis on the b0rked attachments. I will try to post some updates later.

Malware spam: "UKMail 988271023 tracking information" / no-reply@ukmail.com

This fake delivery email is not from UKMail but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From:    no-reply@ukmail.com
Date:    22 January 2016 at 12:14
Subject:    UKMail 988271023 tracking information

UKMail Info!
Your parcel has not been delivered to your address January 21, 2016, because nobody was at home.
Please view the information about your parcel, print it and go to the post office to receive your package.

Warranties
UKMail expressly disclaims all conditions, guarantees and warranties, express or implied, in respect of the Service.
Where the law prevents such exclusion and implies conditions and warranties into this contract,
where legally permissible the liability of UKMail for breach of such condition,
guarantee or warranty is limited at the option of UKMail to either supplying the Service again or paying the cost of having the service supplied again.
If you don't receive a package within 30 working days UKMail will charge you for it's keeping.
You can find any information about the procedure and conditions of parcel keeping in the nearest post office.

Best regards,
UKMail

The attachment is named 988271023-PRCL.xls which appears to come in at least two variants (VirusTotal [1] [2]) which according to these Malwr reports [3] [4] downloads a malicious executable from:

www.stijnminne.be/ghf56sgu/0976gg.exe
raeva.com.ua/ghf56sgu/0976gg.exe

This binary has a detection rate of 4/54. It is the same payload as found in this earlier spam run.

Malware spam: "Message from KONICA_MINOLTA" / MFD / scanner / SKM_4050151222162800.doc

At the moment there is a heavy spam run pushing the Dridex banking trojan, pretending to be from a multifunction device or scanner.

Subject:    Message from KONICA_MINOLTA
Subject:    Message from MFD
Subject:    Message from scanner

The spam appears to come from within the victim's own domain, from one of the following email addresses:

MFD@victimdomain.tld
scanner@victimdomain.tld
KONICA_MINOLTA@victimdomain.tld

This is just a simple forgery. It doesn't mean that you organisation has been compromised.. it really is a very simple trick. In all cases the attachment is named SKM_4050151222162800.doc, which appears to come in three versions (VirusTotal [1] [2] [3]). The Malwr reports [4] [5] [6] indicate executable download locations at:

www.showtown-danceband.de/ghf56sgu/0976gg.exe
ausonia-feng-shui.de/ghf56sgu/0976gg.exe
gahal.cz/ghf56sgu/0976gg.exe

This binary has a detection rate of 1/54 and that VirusTotal report plus this Malwr report show it phoning home to:

192.241.207.251 (Digital Ocean Inc., US)

I strongly recommend that you block traffic to that IP. The payload is the Dridex banking trojan, sent by botnet 220.

Malware spam: "Gompels Healthcare Ltd Invoice" / Gompels Healthcare ltd [salesledger@gompels.co.uk]

This fake financial spam does not come from Gompels Healthcare Ltd but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From:    Gompels Healthcare ltd [salesledger@gompels.co.uk]
Date:    21 January 2016 at 12:57
Subject:    Gompels Healthcare Ltd Invoice

Hello
Please see attached pdf file for your invoice
Thank you for your business

The attachment is named fax00375039.doc and it comes in at least two different versions (VirusTotal [1] [2]) and the Malwr reports [3] [4] show download locations from:

return-gaming.de/8h75f56f/34qwj9kk.exe
phaleshop.com/8h75f56f/34qwj9kk.exe

That marks it out as Dridex 220, similar to this spam run. However, the executable has change from earlier and now has an MD5 of 95a1e02587182abfa66fdcf921ee476e and a zero detection rate at VirusTotal. However, the malware still phones home to the same IP of 216.224.175.92 as  before.

Malware spam FAIL: "Credit UB 7654321 dated 15.01.15 £12,345.67 - COMPANY NAME"

This fake financial spam is meant to have a malicious attachment. Company names, senders, values and reference numbers  vary, but here are some examples:

From:    Inez Rhodes
Date:    21 January 2016 at 12:33
Subject:    Credit UB 1130909 dated 15.01.15 £26,842.15 - EXOVA GRP PLC

Hi,

Please find attached Debit Note UB11309096 which will offset UB 11309097

Due to a system error UB11309097 was raised with an invoice date being 20/01/15, when it should have been 22/01/16

Regards,

Inez Rhodes
Management Accountant - EXOVA GRP PLC
t. 01523 171 662
f. 0888 650 6709

==========

From:    Cortez Bird
Date:    21 January 2016 at 12:40
Subject:    Credit UB 1793159 dated 15.01.15 £77,538.80 - BARCLAYS PLC


Hi,

Please find attached Debit Note UB17931596 which will offset UB 17931597

Due to a system error UB17931597 was raised with an invoice date being 20/01/15, when it should have been 22/01/16

Regards,

Cortez Bird
Management Accountant - BARCLAYS PLC
t. 01662 855 271
f. 0882 284 7942

==========

From:    Autumn Pierce
Date:    21 January 2016 at 11:39
Subject:    Credit UB 1911242 dated 15.01.15 £73,910.50 - GLOBAL PORTS INVESTMENTS PLC

Hi,

Please find attached Debit Note UB19112426 which will offset UB 19112427

Due to a system error UB19112427 was raised with an invoice date being 20/01/15, when it should have been 22/01/16

Regards,

Autumn Pierce
Management Accountant - GLOBAL PORTS INVESTMENTS PLC
t. 01361 953 147
f. 0883 597 3136

Example attachment names are:
HPscanner3F3AB@ebene-events.net_250371.doc
HPscanner5CF83@hacettepe.edu.tr_8760547.doc
Sharp87143@autoprivoz.ru_3718432.doc
HPscanner7180F@instrument-pily.ru_1587243.doc

In all the samples I have seen, the attachment is not formatted correctly and cannot be downloaded. Typically it will appears to be a 0 byte file with no name, but results might vary depending on the mail client.

After manually decoding the malware from the Base 64 section in the email, I found two distinct versions of the attachment (VirusTotal [1] [2]) and the Malwr reports [3] [4]  show a malicious download from:

5.189.216.101/dropbox/download.php

The payload is the Dridex banking trojan (botnet 120) as described here.

Malware spam: admin@replacementkeys.co.uk / INVOICEPaid_100114000.xls

This spam has a malicious attachment. It does not come from admin@replacementkeys.co.uk but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From     Replacement Keys [admin@replacementkeys.co.uk]
Date     Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:15:08 +0530
Subject     =?utf-8?B?TmV3IE9yZGVyICMgMTAwMTE0MDAw?=

Order Received!

We will send you another email when it has been dispatched . If you have any questions about your order please reply to this email. Your order confirmation is below. Thank you for ordering from us.
Thank you again,
Replacement Keys

Attached is a file INVOICEPaid_100114000.xls of which I have only seen a single variant. The VirusTotal detection rate is 4/53 and the Malwr report indicates a download location from:

montaj-klimat.ru/8h75f56f/34qwj9kk.exe

The binary dropped is identical to the one in this earlier spam run and it leads to the Dridex banking trojan.

Malware spam: "statement - payment due" / [accounts@phoenixorganics.ltd.uk]

This fake financial spam does not come from Phoenix Organics Ltd but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From     [accounts@phoenixorganics.ltd.uk]
Date     Thu, 21 Jan 2016 13:09:43 +0300
Subject     statement - payment due

Please can you send a payment to clear the August invoices.

Thank you

Regards
Liz
Phoenix Organics Ltd

I have only seen one sample of this, with an attachment named Customer statement.doc - this has a VirusTotal detection rate of 2/54 and the Malwr report shows a download from:

phaleshop.com/8h75f56f/34qwj9kk.exe

This is one of the locations used in this earlier spam run, and it marks it out as being the Dridex banking trojan spammed out by botnet 220.

Malware spam: "Your Telephone Bill Invoices & Reports" / "The Billing Team" [noreply@callbilling.co.uk]

This fake financial spam has a malicious attachment.

From     "The Billing Team" [noreply@callbilling.co.uk]
Date     Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:44:19 +0100
Subject     Your Telephone Bill Invoices & Reports

Please see the attached Telephone Bill & Reports.

Please use the contact information found on the invoice if you wish to contact your
service provider.

This message was sent automatically.

**********************************************************************************
If you have received this e-mail in error, please delete the message from your computer.

This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is private and confidential
and should only be read by those persons to whom it is addressed. Your Call Billing
Provider accepts no liability for loss or damage suffered by any person arising from
the use of this e-mail.
The unauthorised use, disclosure or copying of this e-mail or any information contained
within, is strictly prohibited. Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the
individual sender, except where the message states otherwise.
We take reasonable precautions to ensure our e-mails are virus free.  We recommend
that you subject any incoming e-mail to your own virus checking procedure.

Please see the full terms and conditions on your call billing providers web site.
These are subject to change and we recommend that you review them periodically.

I have only seen a single sample of this email, with an attachment Invoice_316103_Jul_2013.doc which has a detection rate of 2/53. The Malwr report for that document shows a download location of:

bolmgren.com/8h75f56f/34qwj9kk.exe

That is one of the locations found with this earlier spam run, and the payload is the Dridex banking trojan.

Malware spam: "invoices@ebillinvoice.com" / "201552 ebill"

This fake financial email comes with a malicious attachment.

From     invoices@ebillinvoice.com
Date     Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:13:36 +0530
Subject     201552 ebill

Customer No         : 8652
Email address       : [redacted]
Attached file name  : 8652_201552.DOC


Dear customer

Please find attached your invoice for 201552.

To manage your account online - please visit Velocity.
https://www.velocitycardmanagement.com

Alternatively please contact us on:
  invoices@ebillinvoice.com


Yours sincerely



Louisa Brown
DCI

Ground Floor, Unit 2,
Galway Technology Park,
Parkmore, Galway, H91KFD3
Company Reg No : 233354

======================================================
This email, its content and any files transmitted with
it are confidential and intended solely for the use of
the individual(s) to whom it is addressed.
If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that
you have received this email in error and that any use,
dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of
this email is strictly prohibited.
======================================================

There are at least three different versions of the attachment 8652_201552.doc (VirusTotal results [1] [2] [3])
for which the Malwr reports [4] [5] [6] indicate downloads from the following locations:

phaleshop.com/8h75f56f/34qwj9kk.exe
bolmgren.com/8h75f56f/34qwj9kk.exe
return-gaming.de/8h75f56f/34qwj9kk.exe
montaj-klimat.ru/8h75f56f/34qwj9kk.exe [spotted here]


This binary has an MD5 of f23c05c44949c6c8b05ab54fbd9cee40 and a detection rate of 2/54. Those reports indicate that it phones home to.

216.224.175.92 (SoftCom America Inc., US)

A contact (thank you) also pointed out some other locations the malware phones home to

216.59.16.175 (Immedion LLC, US / Virtuaserver Informica Ltda, Brazil)
216.117.130.191 (Advanced Internet Technologies Inc., US)
202.69.40.173 (Gerrys Information Technology (pvt) Ltd, Pakistan)

The payload is the Dridex banking trojan, being sent by botnet 220.

Recommended blocklist:
216.224.175.92
216.59.16.175
216.117.130.191
202.69.40.173

Malware spam: "Invoice from COMPANY NAME - 123456"

This spam comes from random senders at random companies with random reference numbers. The attachment is named to reflect those values. For example:

From:    Bettye Davidson
Date:    21 January 2016 at 08:24
Subject:    Invoice from DRAGON OIL - 8454985

 Please find attached a copy of your invoice

 Many Thanks



 Bettye Davidson
 DRAGON OIL


Attachment: DRAGON OIL - inv8454985.DOC

================

From:    Charlotte Atkinson
Date:    21 January 2016 at 08:23
Subject:    Invoice from GULF FINANCE HOUSE - 40610

 Please find attached a copy of your invoice

 Many Thanks



 Charlotte Atkinson
 GULF FINANCE HOUSE

Attachment: GULF FINANCE HOUSE - inv40610.DOC


================

From:    Lucien Drake
Date:    21 January 2016 at 09:26
Subject:    Invoice from HYDROGEN GROUP PLC - 477397

 Please find attached a copy of your invoice

 Many Thanks



 Lucien Drake
 HYDROGEN GROUP PLC

Attachment: HYDROGEN GROUP PLC - inv477397.doc

So far I have seen a couple of different versions of the attachment (VirusTotal [1] [2]) which according to Malwr [3] [4] both download a malicious binary from:

5.189.216.101/dropbox/download.php

This IP belongs to LLHost Inc, Netherlands. You can assume that the IP is malicious.

The dropped binary is named rare.exe, and has an MD5 e6f67b358009f66f1a4840c1eff19c2e of and a detection rate of 4/53. The Malwr report for this shows it phoning home to:

198.50.234.211 (OVH, Canada)

The payload is the Dridex banking trojan, and this behaviour is characteristic of Botnet 120.

Recommended blocklist:
198.50.234.211
5.189.216.101

Malware spam: " Invoice / Credit Note Express Newspapers (S174900)" / georgina.kyriacoumilner@express.co.uk

This fake financial spam is not from Express Newspapers but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From:    georgina.kyriacoumilner@express.co.uk
Reply-To:    hannah.johns@express.co.uk
Date:    20 January 2016 at 14:28
Subject:    Invoice / Credit Note Express Newspapers (S174900)

Please find attached Invoice(s) / Credit Note(s) from Express Newspapers.

If you have any queries with it, or to request that future documents get sent to a different email address for processing, please contact:

hannah.johns@express.co.uk or telephone 020 8612 7149.

N.B. Please do not reply to this email address as it is not checked.

Kind Regards,

Express Newspapers
Finance Dept - 4th Floor,The Northern & Shell Building
Number 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN

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Attached is a file S174900.DOC which comes in at least three different versions (VirusTotal results [1] [2] [3]) and the Malwr reports for those [4] [5] [6] shows the following download locations:

www.helios.vn/98jh6d5/89hg56fd.exe [404 error]
202.191.112.60/~n02022-1/98jh6d5/89hg56fd.exe
www.lassethoresen.com/98jh6d5/89hg56fd.exe

These are the same locations as seen here, but now the payload has changed to one with an MD5 of 34781d4f8654f9547cc205061221aea5 and a detection rate of 1/54. The malware still phones home to
216.224.175.92 (SoftCom America Inc, US) which I recommend you block.

Malware spam: "Emailing: 120205 Letter-response A3 2-2" / Tim Speed [Tim@plan4print.co.uk]

Tim Speed is really a super name for a printer. Better for a racing driver, but still good for a printer. Anyway, this fake financial email isn't from Tim or Plan4Print (aka Excel Colour Print) at all, but is a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From     Tim Speed [Tim@plan4print.co.uk]
Date     Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:33:24 +0300
Subject     Emailing: 120205 Letter-response A3 2-2

Hi
Please find estimate attached for Letter-response A3 2-2
Kind regards
Tim Speed
Estimator / Account Handler
Tel: 0115 944 3377 Ext 104

Click here to check out our BRAND NEW website
Goshawk Road, Quarry Hill Industrial Park, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4RG
Tel: 0115 944 3377 Fax: 0115 944 3388 Web: www.plan4print.co.uk
Email: tim@plan4print.co.uk

Attached is a file 120205 Letter-response A3 2-2.doc of which I have seen just a single sample, with a VirusTotal result of 3/54. The Malwr report shows it downloading from:

www.lassethoresen.com/98jh6d5/89hg56fd.exe

This is the same malicious binary as used in this earlier attack. The payload is the Dridex banking trojan.

Malware spam: "Tax Invoice IN092649"/ Karin Edwards [karin.edwards@batonlockuk.com]

This fake financial spam is not from Baton Lock Ltd but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From:    Karin Edwards [karin.edwards@batonlockuk.com]
Date:    20 January 2016 at 09:34
Subject:    Tax Invoice IN092649

Tax Invoice IN092649 from Baton Lock Ltd.

Best Regards
Karin Edwards
Baton Lock Ltd

Attached is a file Tax Invoice IN092649.DOC which comes in at least two different versions (VirusTotal results [1] [2]) which according to these Malwr reports [3] [4] downloads from:

www.lassethoresen.com/98jh6d5/89hg56fd.exe
www.helios.vn/98jh6d5/89hg56fd.exe

The dropped file is Dridex, the same as used in this campaign.

Malware spam FAIL: "Your compliment (ref: 398864)" / Rachael Love [env9729health@aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk]

This spam is not from Aylesbury Vale District Council but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From     Rachael Love [env9729health@aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk]
Date     Wed, 20 Jan 2016 13:28:21 +0430
Subject     Your compliment (ref: 398864)

I was not able to access the body text of this message. Note that the sender's email address varies slightly from message to message.

Attached is a file 398864 - Letter to recipient@domain.doc which contains the intended victim's email address. However - due to an error by the bad guys -  none of the samples I have seen are downloadable.

The intended payload is probably the Dridex banking trojan, much like this.

Malware spam: "Your device is on its way" / "O2 Lease [O2BusinessContracts@o2.com]"

This fake financial email is not from O2 but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment. The attachment may not be downloadable in all cases due to an error in formatting.

From:    O2 Lease [O2BusinessContracts@o2.com]
Date:    20 January 2016 at 09:05
Subject:    Your device is on its way

Hello Great news, you've accepted the O2 Lease terms and conditions and the hire agreement. We've put your order through. So we'll be sending your new device out in the next few days. Best regards O2 Customer Service You can find out more about being on O2 at o2.co.uk/hello For the latest updates and news, why not follow us on or This email is sent from Telefónica UK Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 260 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 4DX.

This electronic message contains information from Telefonica UK or Telefonica Europe which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by telephone or email.

Switchboard: +44 (0)113 272 2000
Email: feedback@o2.com



Telefonica UK Limited 260 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 4DX Registered in England and Wales: 1743099. VAT number: GB 778 6037 85
Telefonica Europe plc 260 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 4DX Registered in England and Wales: 05310128. VAT number: GB 778 6037 85
Telefonica Digital Limited 260 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 4DX Registered in England and Wales: 7884976. VAT number: GB 778 6037 85

Attached is a file CCAConfirmedAgreement-07540353301-1052136.DOC which (if you can download it) comes in at least two versions (VirusTotal results [1] [2]) and the Malwr reports for those [3] [4] show the malicious document downloading from:

www.lassethoresen.com/98jh6d5/89hg56fd.exe
202.191.112.60/~n02022-1/98jh6d5/89hg56fd.exe
www.helios.vn/98jh6d5/89hg56fd.exe [from this spam run]

There are probably some other download locations too. The dropped binary has an MD5 of 7db792adc71e9dc0f6bb28a5f802b7ab and a detection rate of 4/54. Those Malwr reports and the VirusTotal report indicate network traffic to:

216.224.175.92 (SoftCom America Inc., US)

I strongly recommend that you block traffic to that IP. The payload is the Dridex banking trojan, and the characteristics look like botnet 220.

UPDATE

The payload for today's Dridex 220 runs has been updated to 34781d4f8654f9547cc205061221aea5 with a detection rate of 1/54.

Malware spam FAIL: "Emailed Order Confirmation - 94602:1" / "DANE THORNTON" [dane@direct-electrical.com]

This fake financial spam is meant to have a malicious attachment.

From     "DANE THORNTON" [dane@direct-electrical.com]
Date     Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:31:21 +0800
Subject     Emailed Order Confirmation - 94602:1

--
DANE THORNTON

Attached is a file Order_94602~1.doc which in all the samples I have seen has been attached incorrectly to the email, and it will either appear to be zero length or garbage. The payload is meant to be the Dridex banking trojan, but this is the latest of several incidents lately where the bad guys have screwed up. Shame.

Malware spam: Remittance Advice For Invoice 40502329 From C-Tech

This fake financial spam is not from C-Tech but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From:    Mary Mathis
Date:    19 January 2016 at 12:21
Subject:    Remittance Advice For Invoice 40502329 From C-Tech

Dear Accounts

Please find attached our current remittance advice.

Kind Regards


Mary Mathis MAAT

Accounts Assistant

Tel: +44 (0)1903 268599

Fax: +44 (0)1903 795454

The sender's name, references and name of the attachment will vary, the attachment itself is named something similar to remittance_advice40502329.doc. So far I have seen two versions with detection rates of 3/54 [1] [2] and the Malwr reports [3] [4] indicate a download from the following locations:

http://46.17.100.209/aleksei/smertin.php
http://31.131.20.217/aleksei/smertin.php

These IPs can be considered to be malicious and are allocated to:

46.17.100.209 (Mir Telematiki Ltd, Netherlands)
31.131.20.217 (PE Skurykhin Mukola Volodumurovuch, Ukraine)
 
The attack is very similar to this Dridex 120 spam run earlier today, except the download locations and dropped binary has changed to this one [VT] with an MD5 of c19959c2d372a7d40d4ba0f99745f114. According to this Malwr report, it phones home to the same evil IP address of 198.50.234.211 as before.

Malware spam: "A/c 1762881 - Remittance Advice" / "Industrial Electronic Wiring Ltd"

This fake financial spam does not come from Industrial Electronic Wiring Ltd but is instead a simple forgery with a malicous attachment.

From:    Herb Castro [CastroHerb70608@essgee.com]
Date:    19 January 2016 at 10:29
Subject:    A/c 1762881 - Remittance Advice

Hi

Please see attached remittance.

Can you please supply a copy of invoice 06438632660 dated 19.11.15., which we appear to be missing.

Regards

Herb Castro
Industrial Electronic Wiring Ltd

Sender names, references and values vary. Attachments are named in a format remit_acc-1603154.doc and have detection rates of about 2/55 [1] [2] [3]. The Malwr reports [4] [5] [6]  shows the documents communicating with:

91.223.88.206/victor/onopko.php
5.34.183.127/victor/onopko.php
179.60.144.19/victor/onopko.php

This drops a file aarab.exe which is identical to the payload in this spam run.

Malware spam: "More scans" / admin / DOC201114-201114-001.DOC

This fake scanned document appears to come from admin@ the victim's own domain. There is no body text in the email.

From:    admin [admin@victimdomain.tld]
Date:    19 January 2016 at 09:42
Subject:    More scans

I have seen just a single sample with a document named DOC201114-201114-001.DOC which has a detection rate of 4/53 and which according to this Malwr report downloads from:


www.cnbhgy.com/786585d/08g7g6r56r.exe


This download location was used in this earlier spam run but the payload has now changed, however it is still the Dridex banking trojan.

Malware spam: "Remittance Advice 1B859E37" / "Bellingham + Stanley"

This fake financial does not come from Bellingham + Stanley but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment. Reference numbers and sender names will vary.

From:    Adeline Harrison [HarrisonAdeline20@granjacapital.com.br]
Date:    19 January 2016 at 09:45
Subject:    Remittance Advice 1B859E37

For the attention of Accounts Receivable,

We are attaching an up to date remittance advice detailing the latest payment on your account.

Please contact us on the email address below if you would like your remittance sent to a different email address, or have any queries regarding your remittance.


Kind regards,
Adeline Harrison

Best Regards,

Adeline Harrison
Senior Finance Assistant, Bellingham + Stanley

Bellingham + Stanley
Longfield Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent, TN2 3EY
United Kingdom
Office: +44 (0) 1892 500406
Fax: +44 (0) 1892 543115
HarrisonAdeline20@granjacapital.com.br
www.bellinghamandstanley.com

I have seen at least four different variations of the attachment, named in the format remittance_advice14DDA974.doc (VirusTotal results [1] [2] [3] [4]). These Malwr reports [5] [6] [7] [8] show those samples communicating with:

http://179.60.144.19/victor/onopko.php
http://5.34.183.127/victor/onopko.php

Those IPs are:
179.60.144.19 (Veraton Projects, Netherlands)
5.34.183.127 (ITL Company, Ukraine)

UPDATE 1:  this related spam run also downloads from:

91.223.88.206/victor/onopko.php

This is allocted to "Private Person Anton Malyi" in Ukraine.

A file aarab.exe is dropped (MD5 05219ea0aefedc873cecaa1f5100c617) [VT 4/53] which appears to communicate with:

198.50.234.211 (OVH, Canada)

I strongly recommend that you block traffic to that IP. The payload is the Dridex banking trojan, this attack is consistent with botnet 120.

UPDATE 2

This other Dridex 120 spam run uses different download locations:

46.17.100.209/aleksei/smertin.php
31.131.20.217/aleksei/smertin.php

The dropped "aarab.exe" file is also different, with an MD5 of c19959c2d372a7d40d4ba0f99745f114 and a detection rate of just 2/54.


Recommended blocklist:
198.50.234.211
179.60.144.19
5.34.183.127
91.223.88.206
46.17.100.209
31.131.20.217

Malware spam: "Daily Mail - Payment overdue" / Raashida Sufi [Raashida.Sufii@dmgmedia.co.uk]

This fake financial spam does not come from the Daily Mail, but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From     Raashida Sufi [Raashida.Sufii@dmgmedia.co.uk]
Date     Tue, 19 Jan 2016 11:40:37 +0300
Subject     Daily Mail - Payment overdue

Hi,

I have currently taken over from my colleague Jenine so will be your new POC going
forward.

I have attached an invoice that is currently overdue for £360.00. Kindly email me
payment confirmation today so we can bring your account up to date?

Kind Regards
Rash Sufi
Credit Controller, dmg media Finance Services
Telephone: +44(0)203 615 5083        Email: Raashida.Sufi@dmgmedia.co.uk

Shared Values: Customer Focus, Excellence, Innovation, Integrity, Teamwork, Accountability,
Learning
P.O. Box 6795, St. George Street, Leicester, LE1 1ZP

______________________________________________________________________
This e-mail and any attached files are intended for the named addressee only. It
contains information, which may be confidential and legally privileged and also protected
by copyright. Unless you are the named addressee (or authorised to receive for the
addressee) you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received
it in error please notify the sender immediately and then delete it from your system.
Associated Newspapers Ltd. Registered Office: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry St, Kensington,
London, W8 5TT. Registered No 84121 England.

I have seen three different versions of the malicious attachment Invoice.doc (VirusTotal results [1] [2] [3]). The Malwr analysis of these documents [4] [5] [6] shows that the payload is identical to the Dridex banking trojan described here.

OMG: Twitter down.. "Something is technically wrong"

Twitter has been down for at least an hour. It feels like losing a limb. OK. Maybe not. A metaphorical limb. Please don't offer to come round to remove one just so I can compare.

Malware spam: "Thank you for purchasing from Cheaper Travel Insurance - 14068156"

This fake financial spam comes with a malicious attachment:

From     info17@Resellers.insureandgo.com
Date     Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:27:06 +0530
Subject     Thank you for purchasing from Cheaper Travel Insurance - 14068156

Your policy number: MF/CP/205121/14068156 Dear customer, Thank you for buying your travel insurance from Cheaper. Your policy documents are attached. Date: 18/01/2016 Amount: £849.29 Quote number: 21272810 Policy number: MF/CP/205121/14068156 Insurance is arranged by Insure & Go Insurance Services Ltd who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Insure & Go Insurance Services Ltd Registered Address: 10th Floor Maitland House, Warrior Square, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS1 2JY. Registered in England and Wales (Company Number: 04056769). Calls may be recorded and monitored.

The sender appears to be from info[some-random-number]@Resellers.insureandgo.com, but it is just a simple forgery. Attached is a malicious Word document that I have seen five different versions of (VirusTotal results [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]).

The Malwr reports on the samples [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] show download locations as:

www.cnbhgy.com/786585d/08g7g6r56r.exe
seaclocks.co.uk/786585d/08g7g6r56r.exe
mosaicambrosia.com/786585d/08g7g6r56r.exe

This has a VirusTotal result of 3/54. The Malwr and VirusTotal reports combined with this Hybrid Analysis show traffic to:

216.59.16.175 (Immedion LLC, US / VirtuaServer Informica Ltda, Brazil)
195.96.228.199 (Bulgarian Academy Of Sciences, Bulgaria)
200.57.183.176 (Triara.com, S.A. de C.V., Mexico)
62.109.133.248 (Ignum s.r.o, Czech Republic)
103.23.154.184 (Ozhosting.com Pty Ltd, Australia)
41.38.18.230 (TE Data, Egypt)
202.137.31.219 (Linknet, Indonesia)
176.53.0.103 (Network Devices, Turkey)

The payload is the Dridex banking trojan, and this activity is consistent with the botnet 220 campaign.

Dropped file MD5:
bbb091c44cb44dd348b8745590b2d9dd
4f272b8af966ccd73880888015d87e40

Attachment MD5s:
a36aa1d188f8b318401fe9c839a9d2c6
cd4d922487cf5da4348456d2695fbc56
9bbf47dac1ad712fa5d6109fc58d450f
79a854e552c992c1d3d5e838467da856
17d80dde11feb558216c8c04b4aa0494

Recommended blocklist:
216.59.16.175
195.96.228.199
200.57.183.176
62.109.133.248
103.23.154.184
41.38.18.230
202.137.31.219
176.53.0.103

UPDATE

The payload has now changed to one with an MD5 of 4f272b8af966ccd73880888015d87e40 and a detection rate of 2/54. The Malwr report indicates that the network behaviour is pretty much the same.

Malware spam FAIL: "Statements" / Alison Smith [ASmith@jtcp.co.uk]

This fake financial email does not come from J Thomson Colour Printers but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From     Alison Smith [ASmith@jtcp.co.uk]
Date     Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:27:36 +0530
Subject     Statements

Sent 12 JAN 16 15:36

J Thomson Colour Printers
14 Carnoustie Place

Glasgow

G5 8PB

Telephone 0141 4291094
Fax 0141 4295638

Attached is a file S-STA-SBP CRE (0036).xls which is actually corrupt, due to a monumental failure by the bad guys. The payload is meant to be the Dridex banking trojan, but since Friday the attachments have been messed up and will either appear to be garbage or zero length. The payload itself should look similar to this one, also spoofing the same company.

Malware spam FAIL: "Water Cooler World Invoice" / tom.thomson@watercoolerworld.com

This fake invoice is not from Water Cooler World but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment. I was not able to capture the body text.

From     =?iso-8859-1?B?IlRvbSBUaG9tc29uIFdhdGVyIENvb2xlciBXb3JsZCI=?= [tom.thomson@watercoolerworld.com]
Date     Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:35:14 +0700
Subject     Water Cooler World Invoice

Attached is a file INVOICE_F-160003834.doc which will appear to be corrupt because the MIME attachment is malformed (it will either appear to be zero length or it will be garbage). This is the second corrupt spam run today, it was meant to be delivering the Dridex banking trojan. A fuller analysis of the attempted payload can be found here.

Malware spam FAIL: "Invoice January" / "A . Baird" [ABaird@jtcp.co.uk]

This fake financial spam does not come from J. Thomson Colour Printers but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From     "A . Baird" [ABaird@jtcp.co.uk]
Date     Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:17:20 +0530
Subject     Invoice January

Hi,

We have been paid for much later invoices but still have the attached invoice as
outstanding.

Can you please confirm it is on your system and not under query.

Regards


  Alastair Baird
  Financial Controller

 [cid:image001.png@01CEE6A0.2D48E1B0]
  Registered in Scotland 29216
  14 Carnoustie Place
  Glasgow G5 8PB
  Direct Dial: 0141 418 5303
  Tel: 0141 429 1094
  www.jtcp.co.uk

 P Save Paper - Do you really need to print this e-mail?

Because the email has an error in it, the attachment cannot be downloaded or will appear to be corrupt. This follows on from a similar bunch of corrupt spam messages on Friday [1] [2] [3]. The payload is meant to be the Dridex banking trojan.

If you can get hold of the original message, then it should be possible to locate the faulty Base 64 section which has a leading space in it. Removing the space and decoding the Base 64 would generate the intended malicious message. Obviously, I don't recommend doing that unless who want to decode the malware..

UPDATE

A source (thank you!) tells me that the various versions of the document should download a binary from one of the following locations:

emirelo.com/786585d/08g7g6r56r.exe
esecon.com.br/786585d/08g7g6r56r.exe
outago.com/786585d/08g7g6r56r.exe

This binary has an MD5 of 971b9f7a200cff489ee38011836f5240 and a VirusTotal detection rate of 3/54. The same source identifies the following C2 servers whcih are worth blocking:

192.232.204.53 (WebSiteWelcome, US)
110.77.142.156 (CAT BB Net, Thailand)
216.117.130.191 (Advanced Internet Technologies Inc, US)
202.69.40.173 (Gerrys Information Technology (pvt) Ltd, Pakistan)

Recommended blocklist:
192.232.204.53
110.77.142.156
216.117.130.191
202.69.40.173