From: Sage Account & Payroll [invoice@sage.com]
Date: 17 October 2014 10:28
Subject: Outdated Invoice
Sage Account & Payroll
You have an outdated invoice from Sage Accounting that is ready for payment. To find out more details on this invoice, please follow the link bellow or click here to view/download your account invoice:
https://invoice.sage.co.uk/Account?864394=Invoice_032414.zip
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Despite appearances, the link in the email (in this case) actually goes to https://www.cubbyusercontent.com/pl/Invoice_032414.zip/_8deb77d3530f43be8a3166544b8fee9d and it downloads a file Invoice_032414.zip. This in turn contains a malicious executable Invoice_032414.exe which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 3/53. The Malwr report shows HTTP conversations with the following URLs:
http://188.165.214.6:15600/1710uk3/HOME/0/51-SP3/0/
http://188.165.214.6:15600/1710uk3/HOME/1/0/0/
http://188.165.214.6:15600/1710uk3/HOME/41/5/1/
http://tonysenior.co.uk/images/IR/1710uk3.osa
188.165.214.6 is not surprisingly allocated to OVH France. In turn, it drops an executable bcwyw.exe (VT 6/54, Malwr report) which communicates with 66.102.253.25 (a China Telecom address located in the US in a Rackspace IP range) and also moxbk.exe (VT 1/52, Malwr report).
Recommended blocklist:
188.165.214.6
66.102.253.25
tonysenior.co.uk