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Thursday, 12 August 2010

Battle.Net / WOW Phish domains

I don't play World of Warcraft of Starcraft..but lots of people do and Blizzard accounts (used for playing the game online) are often a target for phishers. Why? Well, these accounts can be resold and are worth real money.

This post at the Sunbelt software blog caught my eye.. but knowing that fake WOW / Blizzard sites don't tend to travel alone I did some digging and came up with a whole batch of them on neighbouring IPs.

58.64.158.233
Ba11ile.net
Baititle.net
Eu-batile.net
Eu-battlie.net

58.64.158.238
Barittle.net
Bartiile.net
Bartlie.net
Bartllie.net
Barttirle.net
Barttle.net
Blizzte.net
Eu-de-battle.net
Bliizte.net
Blrttle.net
Battrlie.net
Bartzle.net
Battiale.net
Barttlie.net

58.64.158.240
Usbatt1ee.net

58.64.158.244
De-bartle.net

Registrant details are:

  Name           : Ji XiaoWei

  Organization   : Ji XiaoWei

  Address        : LiShui Dengtalu 25

  City           : LiShui

  Province/State : Zhejiang

  Country        : CN

  Postal Code    : 323700

  Phone Number   : 86-0578-7245132

  Fax            : 86-0578-7245132

  Email          : qnpv@163.com

These are all fake, so avoid

Saturday, 7 August 2010

"Your Free Money with Grants 4 CD Set At Absolutely No Cost From Robert Allen"

I quite enjoy this spammy crap I get from Robert Allen, in all its breathless uselessness, from a company that only rates a D+ from the BBB.

Hello Conrad,

One day we must talk about where you got your mailing list from.

It’s Robert Allen checking in with some MAJOR NEWS for you!

Major news? You've discovered you have some horrible terminal disease that causes you to die through continuous pustulant eruptions? No? Shame.

I am very excited to announce an amazing new program that reveals how anyone can quickly and easily get FREE MONEY from the Government.

What, you want me to become a failed bank?

No technical jargon or complicated procedures, simple, straight forward advice and methods on how to locate the free money that you are entitled to.

Which government is this exactly?

Best of all, you can get your own copy of this hot, new course for free.

Why do I feel that there will be a catch?

Read on … because this is exciting!

This must be a definition of "exciting" that I wasn't previously aware of.

My friend and colleague Rex Hudson just put the finishing touches on his brand new, “FREE MONEY with GRANTS” audio training course, and I’ve convinced him to give you, a free copy of this info packed 4 disc audio library!

How did that go? "Rex, I'd really like to send a free copy of this training course to Conrad!" "Oh Robert, I'm not really sure I want to do that!" "Oh come on Rex, he's a great guy!" "Oh alright then Robert".

Over the course of his long and varied investment career, Rex has held SEC licenses for Stock, Bond, Insurance, Options and Commodities. As an MBA and the VP of Investments for a National Bank he also held a Municipal Bond Principle License and operated as a Registered Investment Advisor. As the investment manager Rex held discretionary investment authority on over $850 Million in assets. The bottom line is Rex knows money!

He's a stockbroker and banker, basically. But now he works for the "Enlightened Wealth Institute" as "Vice President of Training" which is a bit of an interesting career move.

Now you can have a chance to learn from the master – and get his best, proven techniques for getting FREE MONEY from the GOVERNMENT.

I did say he was a banker.

Rex’s FREE MONEY with GRANTS is your one stop source for BILLIONS of dollars that is ready, available, and waiting to be claimed! This easy to listen and easy to follow 4 disc audio program tells you exactly what to do to find your share of this FREE MONEY.

Dollars? Can I have pounds instead?

FREE MONEY with GRANTS audio program contains simple plan for putting
cash in your hands. And this is FREE MONEY THAT YOU NEVER HAVE TO
PAY BACK!

Champagne does taste so much better when it has been paid for by the taxpayer.

Find out how to get free money grants from Uncle Sam!
Find out how to get free money grants from private foundations!
Find out how to borrow money with government guarantees!
Discover the huge opportunity in selling to the government!

I don't have an Uncle Sam. Wait, Robert.. you didn't think I was American did you?

These are some of the best kept secrets of our government – and now you will know there are BILLIONS OF DOLLARS sitting, waiting to be claimed. And MILLIONS of people are eligible to receive free money from the government.

Honestly, no.. I don't think these are the best kept secrets of the US Government. I mean, they probably even have leaflets and stuff.

The FREE MONEY WITH GRANTS audio program is your ultimate guide to getting your share of free money from the government.

You can keep shouting FREE MONEY WITH GRANTS all you like but you are still not going to convince me. Actually, I'm starting to get a headache now.

Rex’s “FREE MONEY with GRANTS” quick cash program could easily retail $69.95,
but in true “Nothing Down” fashion, I’ve arranged for you to get this fantastic new 4 CD audio training course for FREE … not even shipping and handling!

Nearly seventy dollars? Well, you can put whatver price on it you like.. it doesn't mean that it will sell. Look at the bidding wars going on for these items.. oh wait, they're not even shifting for 99 cents. And by "nothing down" I guess you mean that I don't have to pay anything NOW for them.. but what about later?

All you have to do is dial toll free 1-888-384-4047 RIGHT NOW and let me know where to ship your course! That’s it … it’s as simple as that!

Please ship it firmly up your own backside.

I am very excited about Rex’s “FREE MONEY with GRANTS” 4 CD audio training
program and I look forward to sending you your FREE COPY!
Massive Success,

Wicked!

Robert Allen
P.S. Don’t Wait! Call toll free 1-888-384-4047 RIGHT NOW. This offer is NOT going to last forever. Rex is only allowing us to give away a very limited number of these hot courses. So act now so you don’t miss out! Get your copy today!

I'll pass if it's OK with you.

Please note that product prices and availability are limited time offers and are subject to change. We respect your privacy. To remove yourself from this mailing list, click http://www.ewimail.com/unsubscribe.aspx or reply to this message with “unsubscribe” as the subject line or write us at Enlightened Wealth Institute, LC, 5072 N 300 W Provo, UT 84604

But apparently you don't respect my intelligence by sending me this crap.

Friday, 6 August 2010

Evil network: MAXHOSTING Services / GlobalNET Bosnia (AS42560 / 77.78.239.0/23)

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"Thank you for scheduling your online payment" email leads to malware

The spammers seem to be busy today, using an old trick of embedded a spam in a template lifted from a legitimate business. This particular one is from Chase bank in the US, they key "hook" they use to get people to click is:

Thank you for scheduling your recent credit card payment online. Your ($USD) $117.00 payment will post to your credit card account (CREDIT CARD) on 08/06/2010.

This seems to be exactly the same attack as used here and here, although in this case the intermediate site had already been cleaned up and the malicious payload could not be delivered.

Best Buy "Thank You, Your Anti-Virus Protection Plan has been renewed" email leads to malware

To prove that the Bad Guys have a sense of humour at least, this fake email claims to be a renewal subscription for Webroot:

From: Best Buy Subscription Software [mailto:noresponse@softwaresubscription.bestbuy.com]
Sent: 06 August 2010 11:23
Subject: Thank You, Your Anti-Virus Protection Plan has been renewed

Dear [victim]

Your Webroot Spysweeper with AntiVirus Product Protection Plan has been successfully renewed and charged to the credit card you have on file with us. With this automatic renewal, you will continue to have uninterrupted anti-virus software protection on your PC for another year plus these great benefits:

òÀâ Best in Class Security Software
òÀâ No hassle automatic renewals makes sure that you will never go unprotected
òÀâ Receive all version updates free of charge
òÀâ Cancel at any time and received a refund for any unused months of protection
òÀâ Simple Customer Support, Call 1-888-BESTBUY with any questions

-------------------------------------------------------------
Here are the details of your renewed Protection Plan:
-------------------------------------------------------------
Product: Webroot Spysweeper with AntiVirus Product
Protection Plan: Annual
Best Buy Serial Number: WBR00AV000044180817
Transaction Date: 7/19/2010
Renewal Price: $43.54

If you have any questions about your protection plan or your recent renewal, please contact our Customer Support Team at 1-888-BESTBUY (1-888-237-8289), and ask for the Subscription Software Team.

Thank you again for your business, and being a Best Buy Customer.

Sincerely,

Best Buy Stores, L.P.

ddd

Payload and approach seem to be exactly the same as this one, with a Bredolab dropper. Again, it routes through yummyeyes.ru and you should look for the same log entries of .ru:8080 and /x.html to make sure you are clean.

In this case the intermediate step is a hacked site at peninsula.co.nz/x.html but it probably varies.

If you are not in the US, then blocking bestbuy.com at your mail perimeter will do no harm.

"Thanks for planning your event with Evite" mail leads to malware

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Thursday, 5 August 2010

"Shifflett Martin Stores" scam

As far as I can tell, there is no such company as "Shifflett Martin Stores", although there may be legitimate companies with a similar name, but this particular job offer is a fraud.

From the insistence that potential employees / victims have a bank account with either Wells Fargo or Wachovia indicates that they will probably be accepting wire transfers from bank accounts where the password has been stolen (because transfers between accounts in the same bank are usually immediate).

From: Ceaser <marrrtttiii@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gapstarrrss11@aol.com
Date: 5 August 2010 07:29
Subject: Help Wanted

I am Ceaser Martin, owner of Shifflett Martin Stores I seek an online virtual assistant to accept payments on my behalf in the United States of America. Requirements **Applicants must have a Wells Fargo or Wachovia bank account*** You are also eligible to apply if you can open a new Wells Fargo or Wachovia account. Great pay (15% of each payment processed), flexible and will not affect your present employment. Interested and meet the requirements? Send Full Names, Address, Direct Telephone Number and email address to gapstarrrss11@aol.com

Originating IP is 80.8.199.189, an open proxy in Réunion of all places.

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

"Anatomy Of An Attempted Malware Scam"

If you work in IT Security then malicious ads are a regular pain in the backside.. and you probably wonder why "reputable" ad networks get talked into running them. This article is possibly the best thing I have read on the problem, written from the ad network's point of view. It seems the Bad Guys do go to extraordinary lengths to try to look genuine, but sometimes the simplest checks can reveal that they are not what they seem.

Hat Tip

Friday, 30 July 2010

Evil network: Microlines (microlines.lv), AS2588 (79.135.128.0/19)

Latvia seems to be getting a bad reputation for supporting criminal activity. The latest accomplice is Microlines (microlines.lv) who mix in a large number of bad sites with a few legitimate ones.

Their netblock AS2588 (79.135.128.0/19) actually ranges from 79.135.128.0 - 79.135.159.255, although the badness is concentrated in 79.135.152.0/24, all legitimate web sites are hosted outside of that /24.

I used the MyWOT API to query the reputation of the hosted domains, and it shows a clear differentiation between the /24 and the rest of the /19. You can download a CSV of the analysis from here.

Out of 157 domains looked at, 4 (2.5%) were rated "excellent", 3 (1.9%) were rated "good", 43 (27.4%) were unrated and 107 (68.1%) were "very poor". You might want to block the whole /19 on that basis, certainly you should block 79.135.152.0 - 79.135.152.255 at the very least.

A list of bad domains to block:
Best-scanner-2010.net
First-online-scanner.com
Nameservice-worldwide.com
Scanner2010.com
Scanner2010.org
Scannerglobal.com
Scannerglobal.net
Super-scanner.net
Super-scanner.org
Volunteer-scan.com
Best-scanner-2010.org
First-online-scanner.net
Scanner2010.net
Best-scanner-2010.com
Huisko.cn
Lokisko.cn
First-online-scanner.org
Ad-parking.net
S-powerlink.com
Creatives-labs.com
Brick-layer888.com
Advdefender.com
Goadvdef.com
Advanced-def.com
Advanceddefender.org
Getadvdef.com
Goadvdef2.com
Kavascansecurity.com
Iuysdjerh.com
Lkhysayte.com
Sadangez.com
Evdoilsdus.com
Hhsdgbes.com
Jkhasels.com
Sfahdasjw.com
Maniyakat.cn
Kljdskrza.com
Kipyatok.cn
Head-moron.cn
Youaskedthedomain.cn
Asdagj.com
Banubanasy.cn
Love2coffe.cn
Sadahesz.com
Rebornendkit.cn
Qsfgyee.com
Sakjgeyq.com
Tottaldomain.cn
Salkjyhx.com
Pogodanet.cn
Vipsocks.cn
Mdsget1.com
Opudsjh.com
Sdasfj6.com
Kjast3z.com
Lkfjfuisdh.com
Safniiyew.com
Mjsgsawz.com
Jkhteqa.com
About-joga.ru
Icq4all.net
Bravqwer.com
Ajhsfget.com
Ajytse5.com
Dkeh38oz.com
Fd1a234sa.com
Ilui45iu7.com
Jhrez76.com
Kjdst6ey.com
Lasur8e.com
Sfah3sz.com
Sjb653xz.com
Sadkajt357.com
Fuchroot.com
Gagainco.com
Mcd0nalds.com
B00tlife.com
Dlkasfgatker.com
Klitar.cn
Breenders.com
Directbinary.com
Gasredbox.com
Kaljv63s.com
Kdy7rsxa.com
Lovinezer.com
Mdmasege.com
Rmbtoor.com
Safe3etfejwqf.com
Wdggtwegww.com
S0cksps.com
87jonsonfd.com
Gosrmecalonl16.com
Gosrmecalonl20.com
Gosrmecalonl21.com
Gosrmecalonl3.com
Gosrmecalonl30.com
Gosrmecalonl4.com
Gosrmecalonl5.com
Gosrmecalonl8.com
Gosrmecalonl9.com
Gosrmecalodnl38.com
Gosrmedicalonl13.com
Gosrmedicalonl14.com
Gosrmedicalonl2.com
Gosrmedicalonl20.com
Gosrmedicalonl1.com
Gosrmedicalonl10.com
Gosrmedicalonl11.com
Gosrmedicalonl16.com
Gosrmedicalonl17.com
Gosrmedicalonl19.com
Gosrmedicalonl3.com
Gosrmedicalonl5.com
Gosrmedicalonl6.com
Gosrmedicalonl7.com
Gosrmedicalonl9.com
Gosrmedicalonl18.com
Sweethost.org
Twowildgirls.net
Profithobby.net
Antiviractive.com
Antivirback.com
Antispysp.com
Webantispy.com
Antispymv.com
Antispynew.com
Antispybox.com
Antispyutil.com
Avmirror.com
Antispymega.com
Cyber-deployment.com

"Toyton Ltd" / todayisp.com / dboxs.org scam

We've seen this scam before, an alleged Chinese registrar claims that someone is buying a domain name similar to the one that you want in an attempt to scare you into buying overpriced domains that you do not need.

From: owen@dboxs.org
To: help@[domain name redacted]
Date: 30 July 2010 06:16
subject: [domain name redacted]

Dear [domain name redacted] team,

Our organization received a formal application from a company who is called Toyton Ltd are applying to register "[domain name redacted]" as their domain name and Internet keyword. In order to prevent cyber piracy,Please explain:

1: Whether this company is your IT supplier or distributor.

2: Whether you are interested in registering these domains first to preservation your company’s brand. (.cn .com.cn .net .asia .eu and keyword etc…)

We are now obligated to inform you this issue ,So we will handle the next step after this audit procedure. Pls understand.

Best regards
Owen
Mww Group
Internet: www.todayisp.com
Internet: www.dboxs.org
Email: Owen@dboxs.org

Confidentiality Statement:
The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or other action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error please be advised of your obligation to immediately notify sender of the error in transmission, and to destroy all associated documentation.

I always love confidentiality statements on spam!

Both domains are Chinese registered and are hosted in Hong Kong. The email comes from a Chinese IP address.

Registrars are not responsible for checking trademarks. If they were then domains registration would take days and cost a fortune.This is simply an attempt to rip you off.

Thursday, 29 July 2010

freead.name / mybar.us / toolbarcom.org / adsnet.biz

A slightly novel attack, found injected into a Javascript library and using freshly-registered domains. The attack uses obfuscated Javascript to send visitors to one of the following domains: myads.name, adsnet.biz, toolbarcom.org, mybar.us, freead.name, and to the front of this is appended a subdomain of vagi., vain., vale., vars., vary., vasa., vaut., vavs., viny., viol., vrow., vugs., vuln.

Despite all the combinations (a list is at the bottom of the post if you want to paste it in somewhere), there are only a small number of IP addresses involved:

66.221.212.92
66.221.212.94
66.221.212.96
66.221.212.98
66.221.212.99
69.13.73.203
69.13.73.205
69.13.73.248
69.13.73.250
69.13.154.250
69.13.154.251

All of those IPs belong to C I Host, some seem to have legitimate sites hosted on them.

One one domain (mybar.us) is not anonymised:

Registrar URL (registration services):       www.publicdomainregistry.com
Domain Status:                               clientTransferProhibited
Registrant ID:                               DI_11638984
Registrant Name:                             Andrew Black
Registrant Organization:                     N/A
Registrant Address1:                         555 Taylor Rd.
Registrant City:                             Enfield
Registrant State/Province:                   Connecticut
Registrant Postal Code:                      06082
Registrant Country:                          United States
Registrant Country Code:                     US
Registrant Phone Number:                     +860.7492291
Registrant Email:                            dday.rabbit@gmail.com
Registrant Application Purpose:              P1
Registrant Nexus Category:                   C11

Although the address and phone number are no doubt fake, the email address of dday.rabbit@gmail.com is known.

The next hop uses a subdomain of a legitimate domain registered at GoDaddy that appears to have been phished: out.outdoorkitchendistributors.com - this site is hosted on 94.75.243.31.. it's just worth pausing to note that the legitimate domain specchart.com also appears to have been hijacked via a GoDaddy phish and moved to this server.

The endpoint is a Java exploit on a server at 79.135.152.194 belonging to microlines.lv (AS2588 / 79.135.128.0/19) which appears to be a pretty evil network. How the hell they got a /19 is a mystery when I can't see any verifiably legitimate sites.

If you want to block the intermediate domains, they are:
vagi.adsnet.biz
vain.adsnet.biz
vale.adsnet.biz
vars.adsnet.biz
vary.adsnet.biz
vasa.adsnet.biz
vaut.adsnet.biz
vavs.adsnet.biz
viny.adsnet.biz
viol.adsnet.biz
vrow.adsnet.biz
vugs.adsnet.biz
vuln.adsnet.biz
vagi.toolbarcom.org
vain.toolbarcom.org
vale.toolbarcom.org
vars.toolbarcom.org
vary.toolbarcom.org
vasa.toolbarcom.org
vaut.toolbarcom.org
vavs.toolbarcom.org
viny.toolbarcom.org
viol.toolbarcom.org
vrow.toolbarcom.org
vugs.toolbarcom.org
vuln.toolbarcom.org
vagi.mybar.us
vain.mybar.us
vale.mybar.us
vars.mybar.us
vary.mybar.us
vasa.mybar.us
vaut.mybar.us
vavs.mybar.us
viny.mybar.us
viol.mybar.us
vrow.mybar.us
vugs.mybar.us
vuln.mybar.us
vagi.freead.name
vain.freead.name
vale.freead.name
vars.freead.name
vary.freead.name
vasa.freead.name
vaut.freead.name
vavs.freead.name
viny.freead.name
viol.freead.name
vrow.freead.name
vugs.freead.name
vuln.freead.name

Phishing domains on M247 Ltd

I've never heard of M247 Ltd before today until their network came up as providing infrastructure for this scam. A few IPs over from that server is another one at 89.238.165.197 which contains three phishing sites:

Ibloqin.com
Lloydststb-offshore.com
Nbtibank.com

The sites are currently only displaying "Suspended" if you visit them.. this means nothing though, and it's a fairly common scammer technique to disguise that the site is active. Avoid.

Update: apparently these have now been nuked from orbit.

"eurjobs.org" fake job offer

There are a lot of these going on at the moment, this is another fake job offer trying to rope unsuspecting applicants into doing something illegal.

Date: 29 July 2010 08:23
Subject: Representatives Wanted

Civilities

I am a manager of the HR department of a large multinational company. Our company covers a wide range of businesses:
- supporting business in Europe and other countries
– bank accounts opening and maintenance
– private undertaking services
– etc.

There are vacant positions of regional managers in Europe:
- salary 2.400 dollars + bonus
- 1-2 working hours per day
- flextime

If our offer is interesting for you send us the below information on our e-mail address:
h r @ e u r j o b s . o r g [please delete spaces before sending]
Full name:
Country:
E-mail:
Mobile phone-number:

Attention! We need European residents only.

Please provide you name and contact information in order we can find you for further communication.

The domain is currently not resolving, and is registered to a fake address in the WHOIS details. Perhaps of some interest are the two nameservers for the domain:

ns1.usaportall.com [89.238.165.212 - M247 Ltd, Manchester, UK]
ns2.usaportall.com [191.184.23.131 - Apparently invalid IP allocated to LACNIC]

The no doubt fake registrant details are:

      Kacie Cheverton

      105 FOREST DR

      CATONSVILLE, MD 21228

      US

      Phone: +1.4105668199

      Email: roller@consultant.com

Anyway, beware of unsolicited job offers from people you don't know and can't verify, unless you like prison food.

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

"west-epec.com" fake job offer

This is some sort of money laundering or parcel reshipping scam. The domains west-epec.com was registered just yesterday but it appears not to be resolving properly.

Date: 28 July 2010 13:36
Subject: vacancy #876

I am writing to you in the name of the corporation the Human Resources department of which I represent.

Our enterprise has a lot of different lines of business.
-real property
-business support
-company dissolution
-private firm service
-etc

There is a vacancy of a Regional manager in Europe:
-compansation package 2.300 euro +bonus
-taskwork

- 'open-leave' schedule

If you have an intention to cooperate with our company, please send your contact information on our e-mail: Darla@west-epec.com
First Name:
Country of living
City
mail address:
Contact telephone number

Remark! Applicants with the permission to work in Europe!

Please let us know you contact information.
Our manager will contact you to provide answers for the questions you are interested at and invite you for brief interview.

The WHOIS details are probably fake, but consistent with a large number of other fake job websites.

    Aleksandr Lapatau

    Email: lapatasker@earthling.net

    Organization: Private person

    Address: Lenina, 34, 8

    City: Minsk

    State: Minskaya

    ZIP: 456123

    Country: BY

    Phone: +375.172427204

A Google search for that email address shows lots of similar sites. Avoid.

LAPO LOAN COMPANY LIMITED

Scams evolve in much the same way as plant or animal life. Unsuccessful scams become extinct, very successful ones tend to explode in numbers to the point of over population. In between are a number of scams that inhabit ecological niches where there is just enough return to make them worthwhile.

From: LAPO LOAN COMPANY LIMITED. <lapo.loancompany1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lapo.loancompany1@gmail.com
Date: 28 July 2010 04:07
subject: (Loan Transfet Updated)

Do you need a loan to pay off your bills and clear off your debt? Do you
have an urgent loan or a business loan? You are refused a loan from your
bank or any financial firm? Do you need a loan to pay off your bills or
buying a house? Do you need a loan to start a business? Get anaffordable
loan at a low interest rate of 3%, contact us at:
lapo.loancompany1@gmail.com

Your Name:
Loan Amount:
Loan Duration:
Your phone number
E-mail: lapo.loancompany1@gmail.com

Obviously it's dodgy.. how many loan companies use a free Gmail address? Digging deeper shows that this originates from 41.217.220.212 (mail.zimele.net) in Kenya. What you can't tell is that the email address has been harvested from a data breach (either accidental or deliberate) at 0catch.com.

Now, most novice users won't know how to inspect mail headers or be able to trace back where the email address came from, but the Gmail thing is a huge red flag. But honestly, the whole pitch is frankly sloppy, badly spelled and unbelievable.. but the thing is that people must fall for this scam (presumably an Advanced Fee Fraud or identity theft gig) from time-to-time, else the scammers wouldn't persevere with it.

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

"Paul Badji: Treat As Urgent" email

Paul Badji is a real diplomat at the UN, this email is NOT from Paul Badji. The UN's name has been used this way before, notably with Ban Ki-moon's name attached. This email is probably the usual Advance Fee Fraud approach, using a couple of links to reputable websites to try to make it look more authentic. Avoid.

Unusually for what appears to be an African scam, the originating IP is 89.39.24.2 in Romania.

From: PAUL BADJI <africacomittee@yahoo.gr>
Reply-To: paulbadji_africaunionworld2@yahoo.com.hk
Date: 24 July 2010 04:18
Subject: Treat As Urgent

Greeting to you, I am Mr. Paul Badji Chairman on human right Exercise Committee (CHREC ) on the Inalienable Rights of the People a member of Africa Union Committee and Special Adviser to Mr. President. Sir, your file appears in my office four days ago Through FMS Headquarter. that you are the beneficiary to receive payment of fifteen million British pound on behalf of Late Mrs.Veronica Daniela from Ukraine, Europe, Former Managing Director of Mobile oil and Gas Company Nigeria Ltd. who died in plan crash on Sunday, Oct 22nd, 2005 .

when a Bellview Airline Boeing 737 crashed in the countryside shortly after takeoff from the commercial capital Lagos, 117 people died .therefore the Bellview Airline's management and Mobile oil and Gas Company Nigeria Ltd, has deposited fifteen million British pound at First Bank Nigeria Plc on behalf of Late Mrs.Veronica Daniela, Signed approved by secretary of state on Friday 16 2nd July 2010, please confirm the accident picture to find the true of these site click here: http://www.1001crash.com/index-page-description-accident-Bellview_B737-lg-2-crash-6.html

there for you are to receive this fund in your name as the next of kin which appear in the file, This is to notify you that the Two companies have agreed to pay fifteen million British pound to you in your name on behalf of Late Mrs.Veronica and to change the decease name to your name. This is regarding the draws organized lately to help individuals whom have lost their earnings in this act. on Sunday, Oct 22nd, 2005 . . And to build true organizations so as to help the less privileged in the society. you are therefore advised to contact Correspondent paying Bank, First Bank Foreign Remittance Department Chief Director Operations & Services. Requirement is requested by your full Name including your home address, country. And your private telephone number to confirm the file here and to release the fund to you. For more information you are to contact via Email below.

Thank you and God bless
Mr. Paul Badji
Special Adviser to Mr. President
Chairman, Committee on the Exercise
of the Inalienable Rights of the People.
Africa Union Committee (AU)
N:B website
Contact Email: badjipaul@rocketmail.com
http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/index/index.htm

Monday, 26 July 2010

Sophos has a fix for .LNK flaw

Install this, if you don't know why you should, then watch this video first.. then install it.

Welcome to "Joomla!" email links to malware

A variant on this malware-laden email, this particular approach pretends to be from Joomla and even goes as far as to fake some of the headers to avoid detection.

From: no_reply_forum@joomla.org [mailto:no_reply_forum@joomla.org]
Sent: 26 July 2010 15:57
Subject: Welcome to "Joomla!"

Welcome to Joomla! forums

Please keep this e-mail for your records. Your account information is as
follows:

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Username: haymixer

Board URL: http://cambridge-narrows.ca/
----------------------------

Please visit the following link in order to activate your account:

http://cambridge-narrows.ca/

Your password has been securely stored in our database and cannot be
retrieved. In the event that it is forgotten, you will be able to reset it
using the email address associated with your account.

Thank you for registering.

--
Thanks,
Joomla! Community Forum

cambridge-narrows.ca has been compromised and attempts to load malware from cambridge-narrows.ca/adobe_flash_install.exe

The infected page then also tries to load from thewatches-discount.com:8080/index.php?pid=10 and thecoca-colacompany.com/images/noflash_singlevideo.gif (yes, it really is The Coca-Cola Company).

thewatches-discount.com is multihomed on:
Addresses: 84.16.230.27 [Netdirekt, Germany], 87.106.179.206 [1&1, Germany], 91.121.162.65 [OVH, France], 94.23.224.221 [OVH, France] and 62.212.132.226 [Xenosite, Netherlands]. This gives us a whole batch of dodgy looking sites worth blocking:

84.16.230.27
Applecorn.com
Areadrum.com
Bittag.ru
Blackpr.biz
Bookdisk.ru
Boozelight.ru
Busyspade.com
Chertenok.name
Galneed.ru
Galslime.com
Gigasofa.com
Hillchart.com
Horsedoctor.ru
Jarpub.ru
Lockerz-invite.ru
Marketholiday.ru
Oilrule.ru
Pressurespa.ru
Problemdollars.ru
Raceobject.ru
Roundstorm.com
Sadute.com
Sheepbody.com
Spacememory.ru
Tanspice.com
Tanyear.com
Technaxx.pl
Technaxx.ru
Thecheapviagra.com
Themysite.net
Theviagrapills.com
Tightsales.com
Validplan.com
Waxyblock.com
Yaktrack.ru

87.106.179.206
Ballanteam.com
Splatspa.com
Valbou.com

91.121.162.65
Aionitalian.net
Aionitalian.org
Ashsoftware.ru
Bakedship.ru
Hugejar.com
Inktime.ru
Momhand.ru
Politicalpoets.ru
Taxshelf.ru
Yoursoap.ru
Ashdog.ru
Cornerrat.ru
Mondayring.ru
Relaxedgrape.ru
Warydrunk.ru

62.212.132.226
Bail.nl
Bigeventsbooker.nl
Bouwinkopen.nl
Buyviagraworld.com
Cafemack.com
Cvens.nl
Dateforbusiness.nl
Dealyak.ru
Dekroonvanemmeloord.nl
Diamonddoctor.ru
Directorschaircompany.com
Drunkjeans.com
Earlymale.com
Eventdirectory.nl
Famerule.ru
Familywater.ru
Flevoland-weddingevent.nl
Forum4events.com
Forum4events.nl
Hollandgaatuit.com
Kroonvanemmeloord.nl
Lasteye.com
Liplead.ru
Manamina.nl
Nibourgproductions.nl
Outerrush.com
Prominent-vastgoed.nl
Realgg.nl
Sexysushi.nl
Silencepill.ru
Silencewindow.ru
Sisterqueen.ru
Slaveday.ru
Superjoke.nl
Tintie.ru
Tipbear.ru
Treecorn.ru
Urkinwintersferen.nl
Urkopdeplanken.nl
Vandijk-ict.eu
Zooneed.ru

The other sites on 94.23.224.221 seem to be legitimate.

Sunbelt has a write-up of the last attack with some analysis here.

Friday, 23 July 2010

"Thank you for registering with ImageShack." mail leads to virus

A fairly crude attempt to get clickthroughs to a virus infected site:

From: ImageShack Registration <noreply@yfrog.com>
Date: 23 July 2010 15:46
Subject: Thank you for registering with ImageShack.

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Thank you for registering with ImageShack.
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Your username: confidingjc
Your password: 09088066
Your registration link: http://financial-independence.co.za/

Please read this email carefully, it contains important information about your ImageShack account.

Please do not reply to this email, this mailbox is not checked. To report problems use support section of the web site.

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HOW DO I LOGIN?
---------------------------------------------------

Click the 'Login' button located at the top of ImageShack pages in order to login.
Type here your username and password located in this email.

Once you are logged in, you will be presented with your Image Panel.

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HOW CAN I CHANGE MY PASSWORD?
---------------------------------------------------

If you want to change your password, use the following link:
http://financial-independence.co.za/
If you have forgot your password, use the following link:
http://financial-independence.co.za/

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HOMEPAGE
---------------------------------------------------

Your friends can access your public images and slideshows at http://financial-independence.co.za/

---------------------------------------------------
COMMON QUESTIONS
---------------------------------------------------
Answers to common questions: http://financial-independence.co.za/

Sincerely,
The ImageShack Team

financial-independence.co.za might well be a hijacked site, it's hard to tell who owns it as the .CO.ZA WHOIS server isn't working. The site is hosted at 207.45.186.34 [Acenet Inc, Michigan]

This leads to a fake Adobe Flash installed (adobe_flash_install.exe) and an exploit site on diamonddoctor.ru:8080 which does some other nasties. diamonddoctor.ru has minimal WHOIS details:

domain:     DIAMONDDOCTOR.RU

nserver:    ns1.dnsofthost.com.

nserver:    ns2.dnsofthost.com.

nserver:    ns3.dnsofthost.com.

nserver:    ns4.dnsofthost.com.

state:      REGISTERED, DELEGATED, VERIFIED

person:     Private Person

phone:      +7 495 7284001

e-mail:     hop@fastermail.ru

registrar:  NAUNET-REG-RIPN

created:    2010.07.13

paid-till:  2011.07.13

source:     TCI

It's no real suprise to see that it is hosted by Netdirekt on 84.16.230.27, along with these other sites which are good candidates to block:

Blackpr.biz
Chertenok.name
Lockerz-invite.ru
Nemerova.name
Technaxx.pl
Technaxx.ru
Tequieroputa.net
Themysite.net

Of note is that again we're seeing support services going through the dnsofthost.com domain that seems to be only used by the bad guys.

Administrator:
  Dmitriy Ilin depot@infotorrent.ru +7.8127047272
  Dmitriy Ilin
  Yuriya Gagarina pr-kt d.24-1 lit.A
  Sankt-Peterburg,Sankt-Peterburg,RUSSIAN FEDERATION 196211

infotorrent.ru seems to be pretty common to this kind of malware attack.

Anyway, a quick fix for corporate administrators is to block messages with "Thank you for registering with ImageShack." for the time being.

Added: forsight.com.au is also a domain being used in the attack, looks to be another hijacked legitimate domain.