Malware spam: "Please do confirm the Quote Price and get back to me as soon as possible"

This fake financial spam leads to malware:

From: khlee@ahnchem.com sales
To: 
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:46:21 +0100
Subject: Re: Quote Price

Dear Sir

FYI,

Please do confirm the Quote Price and get back to me as soon as possible.

Regards
Sales Department

Attached is a fie with an unusual extension, ORDER LIST.ace which is actually a compressed archive (basically a modified ZIP file). It contains an executable ORDER LIST.exe which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 15/56. That same VirusTotal report indicates traffic to:

booksam.tk/pony/gate.php

This is hosted on:

46.4.100.109 (Hetzner, Germany)

That IP address might be worth blocking. The Hybrid Analysis indicates that this steals FTP and perhaps other passwords. This is a Pony loader which will probably try to download additional malware, but it is not clear what that it might be.

Malware spam: Random Name shared "Amendment or the Agreement_09-11-2015.zip" with you

This fake Dropbox spam appears to come from randomly-generated people..

From:    Sandy Schmitt via Dropbox [no-reply@dropbox.com]
Date:    9 November 2015 at 11:41
Subject:    Sandy Schmitt shared "Amendment or the Agreement_09-11-2015.zip" with you
   
Sandy used Dropbox to share a file with you!

Click here to view.

The link in the email actually goes to sharefile.com where it downloads a file Amendment or the Agreement_09-11-2015.zip containing a malicious execitable Amendment or the Agreement_09-11-2015.scr which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 2/54.

Automated analysis is inconclusive [1] [2] but you can guarantee that this is nothing good. Because of the low detection rates, it might be worth temporarily blocking sharefile.com.

MD5s:
386426E5633B120C3A0E2F605AF42433
2E12D164F40C95284DE13D175DB9BDE2

UPDATE:

My sources (thank you!) say that this is Upatre dropping the Dyre banking trojan, dropping a DLL with a 2/55 detection rate. The comments in that report also contain a list of IP address that you might want to block.

Malware spam: "Email from Transport for London" / noresponse@cclondon.com

This fake Transport for London spam is a variation of something used before. It does not actually come from TfL, but is a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From     "Transport for London" [noresponse@cclondon.com]
Date     Wed, 4 Nov 2015 14:33:44 +0100
Subject     Email from Transport for London

Dear Customer

Please open the attached file to view correspondence from Transport for London.

If the attachment is in PDF format you may need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read or download
this attachment. If you require Adobe Acrobat Reader this is available at no cost
from the Adobe Website www.adobe.com

Thank you for contacting Transport for London.

Business Operations
Customer Service Representative

______________________________________________________________________
This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service.

This email and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee, are strictly
confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient
any reading, dissemination, copying or any other use or reliance is prohibited. If
you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately by email
and then permanently delete the email.

Attached is a file 6305093.zip of which I have seen just one sample, containing a malicious executable 6305093.scr (MD5 6a4cce90ba28720fa9e6813f681b1f75) which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 7/54. This Hybrid Analysis report shows it communicating with the well-known malicious IP address of 197.149.90.166 (Cobranet, Nigeria) which I recommend you block.

The payload here seems to be Upatre dropping the Dyre banking trojan.

Malware spam: "New Invoice from Documents Online" / "Documents Online Limited" [sales@documentsonline.co.uk]

This fake financial spam has a malicious attachment:

From     "Documents Online Limited" [sales@documentsonline.co.uk]
Date     Tue, 3 Nov 2015 17:24:30 +0530
Subject     New Invoice from Documents Online

Dear Customer,

This is a notice that an invoice has been generated against your account, details
of the invoice are as follows:

Invoice #241
Amount Due: 90.00GBP
Due Date: 01/12/2015
Payment Method: Bank Transfer

Invoice Items

[redacted] (01/12/2015-31/12/2015) 75.00GBP

------------------------------------------------------
Sub Total: 75.00GBP
20.00% UK VAT: 15.00GBP
Credit: 0.00GBP
Total: 90.00GBP
------------------------------------------------------

Please find attached a copy of this invoice in PDF format for your records.

IMPORTANT: Please open the attached file using your temporary password. Your temporary
password is: UCZ941QXO941

If you have a Direct Debit setup via our payment gateway GoCardless, payment will
be taken automatically on or shortly after the invoice due date. Alternatively payment
can be made in one of the following ways:

1) Online via Credit/Debit card by clicking this link: http://www.documentsonline.co.uk/clients/viewinvoice.php?id=241

2) Bank Transfer:

    Lloyds TSB, PO Box 1000, BX1 1LT
    Account: Documents Online Limited
    Sort: 30-94-47
    Account: 39921360

3) Setting up a Direct Debit using our payment gateway GoCardless by following these
steps:

a) Click this payment link: http://www.documentsonline.co.uk/clients/viewinvoice.php?id=223
(you will need your portal login details).
b) You will be presented with the invoice, click the "Create Subscription" button
top right of the invoice.
c) You will then be automatically redirected to the Go Cardless website, follow the
instructions on screen to setup a recurring direct debit payment.

Thank you for your business and we look forward to receiving your payment.

Kind Regards,

Documents Online Limited
www.documentsonline.co.uk

Attached is a password-protected ZIP file Invoice-241.zip (in the case, the password is UCZ941QXO941) which in turn contains a malicious executable Invoice-241.zip.exe (MD5 c5770e371cdfde80dc87187b249b19ea) which appears to be undetected at present.

Analysis of the binary is pending, but it will be nothing good.

UPDATE:
This Hybrid Analysis report shows traffic consistent with Upatre dropping the Dyre banking trojan, including traffic to the well known bad IP of:

197.149.90.166 (Cobranet, Nigeria)

Malware spam: "Documents for Review and Comments" / Pony / eyeseen.net

This fake document scan email has a malicious attachment:

From:    Sarah [johnson@jbrakes.com]
Date:    29 October 2015 at 08:27
Subject:    Documents for Review and Comments

Hi Morning,

Attached are the return documents.

Call me if you need anything.

See you soon. :)


Sarah

The attached file is SCANNED DOCS,jpg.z which is a type of compressed file. If you have the right file decompression software, it will extact a malicious executable SCANNED DOCS,jpg.exe which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 17/55.

According to various automated analysis tools [1] [2] [3] it drops a file %TEMP%\XP000.TMP\M.exe which itself has a detection rate of 19/54. Out of all the standard analysis tools I have used, only Comodo CAMAS identified the network traffic, a POST to:

eyeseen.net/swift/gate.php

This is hosted on a SoftLayer IP of 198.105.221.5 in Singapore. A quick look at VirusTotal indicates a lot of badness on this IP address, so it is probably one worth blocking.

The payload is Pony / Fareit, which is basically a password stealer.

MD5s:
25a322b9ea5c709c4376bf58527f198a
efc7210f7dbce441f74e3c9f07f28a2e
79ca99c3f751ae334d0340284242e4f6

Malware spam: "Don and Carol Racine" / "www.boatclinic.net" / "boatclinic@aol.com"

This fake financial spam is not from Racine Design Inc but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From     [random]
Date     Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:39:26 +0100
Subject     [random]

 Dear :
Boat has been done a week now. I contacted you last week
The
Boat is ready to pick up,  I have had inquiries as to people wanting to
buy it,
the carb is in your possession and there is no way to run it,
The boat could
sell real easy at this time of year , Memorial day to 4th of
July most boats
are sold.
Please call me to arrange payment and pickup of the Boat ,
If you
need me to store the boat I can do that at the storage facility ,
they do
charge a fee for this 7.00 per day
The other Invoice for the embroidery will
follow , Balance is due now !
Thanks

Your invoice is attached.  Please
remit payment

Thank you for your business - we appreciate it very
much.


Sincerely,
Don and Carol Racine

Racine Design, Inc.
2036 Imeson
Rd
Jacksonville, Fl.  32220

E-Mail  
boatclinic@aol.com

www.boatclinic.net

phone    (904) 771-8170
fax       
(904) 771-0843

The subject of the email is some randomly-generated sentence, which matches the name of the attached ZIP file. I have seen two samples so far with a detection rate of 3/55 and 2/55 respectively.

Analysis of the binary is pending (please check back), but the payload here is Upatre/Dyre which commonly calls back to 197.149.90.166 (Cobranet, Nigeria), an IP I strongly recommended that you block.

UPDATE:

The reverse.it report shows that the malware does indeed call back to that Nigerian IP address.

Malware spam: "Cyngor Sir Ddinbych - Taliad BACS / Denbighshire CC - BACS Remittance" / credbills@denbighshire.gov.uk

I've never had malware spam in Welsh before.. this is not from Denbighsire County Council, but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From     "credbills@denbighshire.gov.uk" [credbills@denbighshire.gov.uk]
Date     Tue, 27 Oct 2015 17:46:01 +0530
Subject     Cyngor Sir Ddinbych - Taliad BACS / Denbighshire CC - BACS Remittance

Gweler manylion taliad BACS yn atodedig

Please see attached Bacs Remittance

Dilyn ni ar Twitter: http://twitter.com/cyngorsDd Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DenbighshireCC
Ymwelwch a ni ar-lein ar http://www.sirddinbych.gov.uk Visit us online at http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk
Mae'r wybodaeth a gynhwysir yn yr e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag
o wedi eu bwriadu yn unig ar gyfer pwy bynnag y cyfeirir ef ato neu atynt. Os ydych
wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn drwy gamgymeriad, hysbyswch yr anfonwr ar unwaith os gwelwch
yn dda. Mae cynnwys yr e-bost yn cynrychioli barn yr unigolyn(ion) a enwir uchod
ac nid yw o angenrheidrwydd yn cynrychioli barn Cyngor Sir Ddinbych. Serch hynny,
fel Corff Cyhoeddus, efallai y bydd angen i Gyngor Sir Ddinbych ddatgelu'r e-bost
hwn [neu unrhyw ymateb iddo] dan ddarpariaethau deddfwriaethol. The information contained
in this e-mail message and any files transmitted with it is intended solely for the
use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received
this e-mail in error please notify the sender immediately. The contents of this e-mail
represents the views of the individual(s) named above and do not necessarily represent
the views of Denbighshire County Council. However, as a Public Body, Denbighshire
County Council may be required to disclose this e-mail [or any response to it] under
legislative provisions.

Attached is a file DenbighshireCC.zip which contains a malicious executable DenbighshireCC.scr. This has a VirusTotal detection rate of 5/55. The Hybrid Analysis report shows characterstics common to the Upatre/Dyre banking trojan. In particular it identifies traffic to a know bad IP:

197.149.90.166 (Cobranet, Nigeria)

I strongly recommend that you block traffic to that IP.

Malware spam: "FW : Incoming SWIFT" / "Clyde Medina" [Clyde.Medina@swift.com]

This fake banking email comes with a malicious attachment:

From     "Clyde Medina" [Clyde.Medina@swift.com]
Date     Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:35:56 GMT
Subject     FW : Incoming SWIFT

We have received this documents from your bank regarding an incoming SWIFT transfer.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: The contents of this message, including any attachments, are
confidential and are intended solely for the use of the person or entity to whom
the message was addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this message,
please be advised that any dissemination, distribution, or use of the contents of
this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please
notify the sender. Please also permanently delete all copies of the original message
and any attached documentation. Thank you.

Attached is a file SWIFT_transfer.zip which contains a malicious executable SWIFT_transfer.scr which currently has a detection rate of 2/56.

Automated analysis is pending, although the payload is almost definitely Upatre/Dyre. Please check back later.

UPDATE:
The Hybrid Analysis report shows Upatre/Dyre activity, including the malware phoning home to a familiar IP address of 197.149.90.166 in Nigeria which I recommend you block or monitor.

Malware spam "Info from SantanderBillpayment.co.uk" / "Santanderbillpayment-noreply@SantanderBillPayment.co.uk"

This fake financial spam comes with a malicious attachment:

From     "Santanderbillpayment-noreply@SantanderBillPayment.co.uk" [Santanderbillpayment-noreply@SantanderBillPayment.co.uk]
Date     Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:33:56 GMT
Subject     Info from SantanderBillpayment.co.uk

Thank you for using BillPay. Please keep this email for your records.

The following transaction was received on 29 September 2015 at 09:11:36.

Payment type:          VAT
Customer reference no: 0343884
Card type:            Visa Debit
Amount:                GBP 4,683.00

For more details please check attached payment slip.

Your transaction reference number for this payment is IR0343884.

Please quote this reference number in any future communication regarding this payment.

Yours sincerely,

Banking Operations

This message is intended for the named person above and may be confidential, privileged
or otherwise protected from disclosure. If it has reached you by mistake please contact
the sender on 0300 200 3601 and delete the message immediately.


**PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL, AS WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESPOND**
Emails aren't always secure, and they may be intercepted or changed after they've
been sent. Santander doesn't accept liability if this happens. If you think someone
may have interfered with this email, please get in touch with the sender another
way.
This message doesn't create or change any contract. Santander doesn't accept responsibility
for damage caused by any viruses contained in this email or its attachments. Emails
may be monitored. If you've received this email by mistake, please let the sender
know at once that it's gone to the wrong person and then destroy it without copying,
using, or telling anyone about its contents.

Santander Corporate Banking is the brand name of Santander UK plc, Abbey National
Treasury Services plc (which also uses the brand name of Santander Global Banking
and Markets) and Santander Asset Finance plc, all (with the exception of Santander
Asset Finance plc) authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority,
except in respect of consumer credit products which are regulated by the Office of
Fair Trading. FSA registration numbers: 106054, 146003 and 423530 respectively.
Registered offices: 2 Triton Square, Regent's Place, London NW1 3AN and Carlton Park,
Narborough LE19 0AL. Company numbers: 2294747, 2338548 and 1533123 respectively.

Registered in England. Santander and the flame logo are registered trademarks.

The attachment is named SantanderBillPayment_Slip0343884.zip although I have not been able to get a working copy. The payload is most likely the Upatre/Dyre banking trojan. My sources tell me that the current wave of this is phoning home to 197.149.90.166 in Nigeria which is worth blocking or monitoring.

Malware spam: "Bankline ROI - Password Re-activation Form" / "secure.message@rbs.co.uk"

This fake banking spam does not come from RBS, but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From     "RBS" [secure.message@rbs.co.uk]
Date     Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:28:48 GMT
Subject     Bankline ROI - Password Re-activation Form

Please find the Re-activation form attached, send one per user ensuring only one
box is selected in section 3.  A signatory on the bank mandate must sign the form.

Fax to 1850 826978 or alternatively you may wish to email the completed document,
by attaching it to an email and sendinsg it to banklineadministration@rbs.co.uk

On receipt of the completed form we will respond to the request within 2 working
hours and communicate this to the user by email.

<>

Please note - The life-span of an activation code is 21 days; after this time, the
activation code will expire and a new one must be ordered. 

Please be aware when choosing a new pin and password for the service, it is important
not to use pin/passwords that you have used before but to use completely different
details.

If you are the sole Standard Administrator may I take this opportunity to suggest
when you are reinstated on the system, to set up another User in a Standard Administrator
role. This will prevent you being locked out completely and allow you to order a
new activation code from within the system and reset your security sooner.

If you require any further assistance then please do not hesitate to contact us on
1850 310269 and one of our associates will be happy to assist you.

Regards
Bankline Product Support

This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the intended recipient only. If
the message is received by anyone other than the intended recipient, please return
the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your
computer. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. Ulster Bank Limited and Ulster
Bank Ireland Limited (\"Bankline Bank Group\")/ Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent.
Ulster Bank Group / Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc may monitor e-mails for business
and operational purposes. By replying to this message you give your consent to our
monitoring of your email communications with us. Whilst all reasonable care has been
taken to avoid the transmission of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient
to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments
will not adversely affect its systems or data. No responsibility is accepted by any
member of Ulster Bank Group / Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc in this regard and
the recipient should carry out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate.

In the sample I saw, the attached file was Bankline_Password_reset_3537684.zip containing a malicious exeucutable Bankline_Password_reset_8569474.scr which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 2/56. The Hybrid Analysis report shows behaviour consistent with Upatre / Dyre and shows that the malware communicates with a known bad IP of 197.149.90.166 (Cobranet, Nigeria) which I definitely recommend blocking or monitoring.

Malware spam: "Transaction confirmation" / "donotreply@lloydsbank.co.uk"

This fake banking spam comes with a malicious attachment:

From     donotreply@lloydsbank.co.uk
Date     Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:52:36 +0100
Subject     Transaction confirmation

Dear Customer,

Please see attached the confirmation of transaction conducted from Your
account. Kindly sign and forward the copy to us for approval.

Best regards,
Your personal Manager

Thora Blanda

tel: 0345 300 0000

LLOYDS BANK. 

Attached is a file Notice.zip which contains a malicious executable Value mortgage policy .exe (note the rogue space) which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 3/55. The Hybrid Analysis report shows activity consistent with Upatre/Dridex including a key indicator of traffic to 197.149.90.166 in Nigeria.

Malware spam: hrwfmailerprod@lancashire.gov.uk / REFURBISHMENT

This fake financial spam (presumably) comes in several different variants (I saw two):

From     "Workflow Mailer" [hrwfmailerprod@lancashire.gov.uk]
To     hp_printer@victimdomain.com
Date     Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:16:26 GMT
Subject     FYI: Sent: Online Discussion Message for RFQ 6767609,1 (LCDC - NF014378 R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company - REFURBISHMENT)


From             Mabel Winter
To             hp_printer@victimdomain.com
Sent             Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:12:26 GMT
ID             7216378
Number             6767609,1
Title             Q3EX - 1C995408 R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company - REFURBISHMENT

Negotiation Preview Immediately upon publishing
Negotiation Open Immediately upon publishing
Negotiation Close September 21, 2015 10:00 am GMT
Company R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Subject ITT Clarifications
To view the message, please open attachment. 

The other version I had mentioned "QMDM - 5J673827 CDW Computer Centers Inc. - REFURBISHMENT" instead. The attachment appears to have a randomly-generated name e.g. REFURBISHMENT 7216378.zip and REFURBISHMENT 4435708.zip which contain a malicious executable REFURBISHMENT 7015295.scr which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 3/55.

The payload appears to be Upatre/Dyre as seen earlier today.

Malware spam: "Shell E-Bill for Week 38 2015"

This fake financial spam comes with a malicious attachment:

From     [invoices@ebillinvoice.com]
To     administrator@victimdomain.com
Date     Thu, 17 Sep 2015 11:10:15 GMT
Subject     Shell E-Bill for Week 38 2015

Customer No         : 28834
Email address       : administrator@victimdomain.com
Attached file name  : 28834_wk38_2015.PDF

Dear Customer,

Please find attached your invoice for Week 38 2015.

In order to open the attached PDF file you will need
the software Adobe Acrobat Reader.

For instructions of how to download and install this
software onto your computer please visit
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

If you have any queries regarding your e-bill you can contact us at invoices@ebillinvoice.com.

Yours sincerely

Customer Services

======================================================
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.
======================================================

Attached is a file 28834_wk38_2015.zip containing a malicious executable 67482_wk38_2015.scr which has a detection rate of 2/56. Automated analysis is pending, but the payload is almost definitely Upatre/Dyre which has been consistently sending traffic to 197.149.90.166 (Cobranet, Nigeria) for some time now, so I suggest that you block or monitor that IP.

MD5:
0d9c66ffedce257ea346d2c7567310ac

Malware spam: "Lloyds Bank - Pendeford Securities - Please Read Action Required/PI Documents/ Region code East 2/ 8715811/"

This fake Lloyds Bank spam comes with a malicious payload:

From:    RSTNAME} Crabtree [Chang.Crabtree@lloydsbankcommercial.com]
Date:    15 September 2015 at 13:18
Subject:    Lloyds Bank - Pendeford Securities - Please Read Action Required/PI Documents/ Region code East 2/ 8715811/

Please find attached our document pack for the above customer. Once completed please return via email to the below address.

If you have any queries relating to the above feel free to contact us at

MN2Lloydsbanking@lloydsbankcommercial.com
Lloyds Banking Group plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC95000. Telephone: 0131 225 4555. Lloyds Bank plc. Registered Office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. 2065. Telephone 0207626 1500. Bank of Scotland plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC327000. Telephone: 08457 21 31 41. Cheltenham & Gloucester plc. Registered Office: Barnett Way, Gloucester GL4 3RL. Registered in England and Wales 7117152. Telephone: 0845 603 1637

Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland plc are authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority.

Cheltenham & Gloucester plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland plc. Cheltenham & Gloucester Savings is a division of Lloyds Bank plc.

HBOS plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC453043.

This e-mail (including any attachments) is private and confidential and may contain privileged material. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete it (including any attachments) immediately. You must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it or any attachments. Telephone calls may be monitored or recorded.

In the sample I saw, there was a Word document ReportonTitle7117152.1Final.doc attached (detection rate 4/56), containing this malicious macro. The macro attempts to download components from the following locations:

thebackpack.fr/wp-content/themes/salient/wpbakery/js_composer/assets/lib/prettyphoto/images/prettyPhoto/light_rounded/66836487162.txt
thebackpack.fr/wp-content/themes/salient/wpbakery/js_composer/assets/lib/prettyphoto/images/prettyPhoto/light_rounded/sasa.txt
obiectivhouse.ro/wp-content/plugins/maintenance/load/images/fonts-icon/66836487162.txt
obiectivhouse.ro/wp-content/plugins/maintenance/load/images/fonts-icon/sasa.txt

A further download  then takes place from:

vandestaak.com/css/libary.exe

This has a detection rate of 3/56. The general characteristics of this file make it a close match to the Upatre/Dyre payload of this concurrent spam run (automated analysis is pending).

Recommended blocklist:
197.149.90.166
vandestaak.com
thebackpack.fr
obiectivhouse.ro

MD5s:
4b944c5e668ea9236ac9ab3b1192243a
1939eba53a1289d68d1fb265d80e60a1

Malware spam: "HSBC SecureMail" / "You have received a secure message"

This fake HSBC email message has a malicious payload:

From:    HSBC SecureMail [HSBCRepresentative_WilliamsBlankenship@hsbc.co.uk]
Date:    16 September 2015 at 13:13
Subject:    You have received a secure message

You have received a secure message Read your secure message by opening the attachment. You will be prompted to open (view) the file or save (download) it to your computer. For best results, save the file first, then open it with Internet Explorer. If you have concerns about the validity of this message, please contact the sender directly. For questions please contact the HSBC Secure Mail Help Desk. First time users - will need to register after opening the attachment. About Email Encryption - http://www.hsbc.co.uk/secureemail HSBC_Payment_87441653 16K

Attacked is a file HSBC_Payment_87441653.zip which in turn contains a malicious executable HSBC_Payment_87441653.exe, this has a VirusTotal detection rate of 4/56.

UPDATE: The Hybrid Analysis report shows network traffic to a familiar Nigerian IP of 197.149.90.166 which I strongly recommend you block. The traffic pattern is indicative of Upatre dropping the Dyre banking trojan.

MD5:
359f0c584d718f44e9777e259f013031

Malware spam: "Sales Order Acknowledgement - Order No: EF150085 - Your Reference: 14 /Geneva" / reports@officeteam.co.uk

This fake financial spam comes with a malicious payload:

From     "reports@officeteam.co.uk" [reports@officeteam.co.uk]
Date     Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:39:32 GMT
Subject     Sales Order Acknowledgement - Order No: EF150085 - Your Reference: 14 /Geneva

Please find attached your sales order acknowledgement

Order No: EF150085
Account: PFM895
Your Reference: 14 /Geneva
Web Reference:
Kind Regards
Office Team

In the only sample I have seen there was an attachment SalesOrderAcknowledgement_EF150085.zip which in turn contained a malicious executable SalesOrderAcknowledgement.scr which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 3/55. The Hybrid Analysis report shows that amongst other traffic, it communicates with a familiar Nigerian IP of 197.149.90.166 (Cobranet).

In this case, the payload is Upatre downloading the Dyre banking trojan.

MD5:
0a7e68a84765d639210b77575c2373bd

Malware spam: "New Fax - 3901535011" / "UK2Fax" [fax2@fax1.uk2fax.co.uk]

This fake fax spam comes with a malicious attachment:

From     "UK2Fax" [fax2@fax1.uk2fax.co.uk]
Date     Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:07:11 +0100
Subject     New Fax - 3901535011

UK2Fax Fax2Email : New fax attached, received at 10/09/2015 10:26:29 GMT

Attached is a file Fax-3901535011.zip which in turn contains a malicious executable Fax-800312316.scr which is exactly the same Upatre/Dyre payload as seen it this attack also seen today.

Malware spam: "Payroll Received by Intuit" / "Intuit Payroll Services" [IntuitPayrollServices@payrollservices.intuit.com]

This fake payroll spam does not come from Intuit, but instead contains a malicious attachment:

From     "Intuit Payroll Services" [IntuitPayrollServices@payrollservices.intuit.com]
Date     Thu, 10 Sep 2015 06:32:37 -0500
Subject     Payroll Received by Intuit

Dear, petrol
We received your payroll on Sep 10, 2015 at 09:01.

Attached is a copy of your Remittance. Please click on the attachment in order to
view it.

Please note the deadlines and status instructions below:

If your payroll is received BEFORE 5 p.m., your Direct Deposit employees will be
paid two (2) banking days from the date received or on your paycheck date, whichever
is later. 

If your payroll is received AFTER 5 p.m., your employees will be paid three (3) banking
days from the date received or on your paycheck date, whichever is later. 

YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WILL BE DEBITED THE DAY BEFORE YOUR CHECKDATE.

Funds are typically withdrawn before normal banking hours so please make sure you
have sufficient funds available by 12 a.m. on the date funds are to be withdrawn.

Intuit must receive your payroll by 5 p.m., two banking days before your paycheck
date or your employees will not be paid on time. 

Intuit does not process payrolls on weekends or federal banking holidays. A list
of federal banking holidays can be viewed at the Federal Reserve website.

Thank you for your business.

Sincerely,

Intuit Payroll Services

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This notification is being sent to inform you of a critical matter
concerning your current service, software, or billing. Please note that if you previously
opted out of receiving marketing materials from Intuit, you may continue to receive
notifications similar to this communication that affect your service or software.

If you have any questions or comments about this email, please DO NOT REPLY to this
email. If you need additional information please contact us.

If you receive an email message that appears to come from Intuit but that you suspect
is a phishing email, please forward it to immediately to spoof@intuit.com.

© 2014 Intuit Inc. All rights reserved. Intuit and the Intuit Logo are registered
trademarks and/or registered service marks of Intuit Inc. in the United States and
other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners, should
be treated as such, and may be registered in various jurisdictions.

Intuit Inc. Customer Communications
2800 E. Commerce Center Place, Tucson, AZ 85706 

Attached is a file payroll_report.zip which in turn contains a malicious executable payroll_report.scr which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 3/56. The Hybrid Analysis report shows traffic patterns that are consistent with the Upatre downloader and Dyre banking trojan.

In particular, the malware contacts a familiar server at 197.149.90.166 (Cobranet, Nigeria) which you should definitely block traffic to.

MD5:
4dbdf9e73db481b001774b8b9b522ebe

Malware spam: "Companies House" [WebFiling@companieshouse.gov.uk]

This spam does not come from Companies House, but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From     "Companies House" [WebFiling@companieshouse.gov.uk]
Date     Mon, 7 Sep 2015 12:40:01 +0100
Subject     RE: Case 0676414

The submission number is: 0676414

For more details please check attached file.

Please quote this number in any communications with Companies House.

All Web Filed documents are available to view / download for 10 days after their
original submission. However it is not possible to view copies of accounts that
were downloaded as templates.

Companies House Executive Agency may use information it holds to prevent
and detect fraud. We may also share such information, for the same purpose,
with other Organizations that handle public funds.

If you have any queries please contact the Companies House Contact Centre
on +44 (0)303 1234 500 or email enquiries@companies-house.gov.uK

Note: This email was sent from a notification-only email address which cannot
accept incoming email. Please do not reply directly to this message.

Companies House
4 Abbey Orchard Street
Westminster
London
SW1P 2HT
Tel +44 (0)303 1234 500  

The "case number" is random, and is reflected in the name of the attachment (in this case Case_0676414.zip) which in turn contains a malicious executable Case_0043258.scr which has an icon to make it look like a PDF file.

This executable has a detection rate of 4/56. The Hybrid Analysis report shows that it communicates with 197.149.90.166 (Cobranet, Nigeria) which has been seen handling malicious traffic for the past couple of weeks. The payload is Upatre/Dyre.

MD5:
f1d62047d22f352a14fe6dc0934be3bb

Malware spam: "Private message notification 41447" / "Adrien Abbott"

This spam comes with a malicious attachment:

From:    Adrien Abbott
Date:    1 September 2015 at 12:34
Subject:    Private message notification 41447

You've received a private message. Please open the attached to view it.

Adrien Abbott
Chief Tactics Executive
home: 1-583-761-3793
work: 380.022.2492
twitter: @nicole
skype: nicole
messenger: nicole

I have only seen a single sample of this spam, and the attachment was not formatted properly making it harmless, however other variants could be more dangerous. If properly decoded, the attachment should have been named 89867740_Torphy and Sons_Adrien Abbott.zip containing a malicious executable jodie_okonofficia-quo.exe. This executable has a VirusTotal detection rate of just 2/56, the Hybrid Analysis report shows network activity consistent with this being Upatre dropping the Dyre banking trojan, with communications made to:

197.149.90.166 (Cobranet, Nigeria)

..which is an IP that has been used several time for this sort of attack recently and is worth blocking. The report details other IP addresses too, but this seems to be the key one to block or monitor.

MD5:
7c94abe2e3b60f8a72b7358d50d04ee0