Malware spam: "Here's that excel file (latest invoices) that you wanted." leads to Locky

This fake financial spam leads to Locky ransomware:

From:    Benita Clayton
Date:    12 July 2016 at 15:04
Subject:    Fw:

hi [redacted],

Here's that excel file (latest invoices) that you wanted.


Best regards,
Benita Clayton
Vice President US Risk Management

Sender details vary from message to message. Attached is a ZIP file containing part of the recipient's email address plus some other elements, within which is a malicious. js script beginning with -SWIFT-.

Trusted external analysis (thank you again) shows the scripts download an obfuscated binary from one of the following locations:

acepipesdeli.com.br/tffx7
aerosfera.ru/h5vkp87
agbiz.co.za/x2evw01
choogo.net/qi7j7f
control3.com.br/57nhtzkv
dealsbro.com/4qtc20
diablitos.no/ogmrgs
doisirmaosturismo-rj.com.br/jxdlzcf
eskuvotervezo.hu/3kbgy9a
eusekkei.co.jp/tdts0
ferozsons-labs.com/52sf0l
games4games.com.br/ubabtp
globaldveri.ru/i4a3l0
hanaweb.xsrv.jp/be6o4g6
heonybaby.synology.me/41sx3e
ialri.net/tughk
jsbaden.jemk.ch/xyn8moxt
jstudio.com.my/5mkejwj4
kveldeil.no/opca2v2
maihama.2jikai-p.net/5mkejwj4
mcpf.co.za/ffq1mq
mphooseitutu.com/tfq5e5d2
mywebhost.nichost.ru/g53y7
nicesound.biz/42did
omnitask.ba/ac5f6
ostrovokkrasoty.ru/x7lcd
ppf.com.pk/5z2sk
quaint.com.br/divme5d
repair-service.london/uywgi7v
revengeofsultans.com/9cu7bsw
richard-scissors.com/wife8eaf
rigoberto.com.br/nqum54t
samaju.se/fsqrtgrm
sindsul.com/h02sujs
sirimba.com.br/qiovtl
stylespiritdubai.com/be1id
tvernedra.ru/lob9x
valsystem.cl/v4db1wd
wacker-etm.ru/jfbmxlhy
wineroutes.ru/hrzl8dw5
www.cristaleriadominguez.com/fxcx6ep
www.inextenso.hu/xc3739l
www.ital.com.mx/xswj9
zachphoto.7u.cz/0jyhh
zakagimebel.ru/krcsvf
zoomwalls.com/zghpzv2f

Locky then phones home to one of the following locations:

5.196.189.37 (Just Hosting, Russia / OVH, Ireland)
77.222.54.202 (SpaceWeb CJSC, Russia)
109.234.34.146 (McHost.Ru, Russia)
192.71.249.220 (EDIS, Sweden)

Recommended blocklist:
5.196.189.37
77.222.54.202
109.234.34.0/24
192.71.249.220

Malware spam with random hexadecimal number leads to Locky

I only have a couple of samples of this very minimalist spam, consisting of just a "Subject" with a random hex number (e.g. 90027696CCCC611D) and a matching .DOCM attachment (e.g. 90027696CCCC611D.docm).

My trusted analysis source (thank you) says that these DOCM files contain a macro (no surprises there) that downloads a binary from the following locations:

blingberry24.com/90ujn3b8c3
danseduchat.com/90ujn3b8c3
harveyventuresltd.com/90ujn3b8c3
noveltybella.com/90ujn3b8c3
www.proxiassistant-ao.com/90ujn3b8c3
www.sacandolalengua.com/90ujn3b8c3

The payload is Locky ransomware with a detection rate of 3/52. The same source says that C2 locations are:

89.108.84.42 (Agava JSC, Russia)
148.163.73.29 (GreencloudVPS JSC, Vietnam)

Agava in particular is a regular source of badness, and I would suggest that you consider blocking the entire 89.108.80.0/20 range, or at least this minimum recommended blocklist:

89.108.84.42
148.163.73.29

UPDATE 2016-07-08

A variant of this spam run is in progress which adds the words RE, FW, Scan, Emailing or File to the random number. A trusted source (thank you) informs me that the download locations for the DOCM files in this case are:

abschlepp-taxi24.at/87yg5fd5
caijiachina.com/87yg5fd5
drpampe.com/87yg5fd5
felicecremesini.com/87yg5fd5
fermmedia.com/87yg5fd5
gebrauchtkauf.at/87yg5fd5
kurumenishimura.com/87yg5fd5
manutenzionecarrier.com/87yg5fd5
seferworld.com/87yg5fd5
snupress.com/87yg5fd5
themeidea.com/87yg5fd5

A malicious file is dropped with a detection rate of 3/55 which then phones home to the following server:

51.255.172.55 (OVH, France)

I recommend that you blog traffic to that IP.

Malware spam: "Scanned image" leads to Locky

This fake document scan appears to come from within the victim's own domain but has a malicious attachment.

From:    administrator8991@victimdomain.com
Date:    5 July 2016 at 12:47
Subject:    Scanned image

Image data has been attached to this email.

Possibly due to an error in setting up the spam run, there is an attachment named 05-07-2016_rndnum(4,9)}}.docm which contains a malicious macro. We haven't seen much in the way of Word-based malware recently. The two samples I received have VirusTotal detection rates of 5/52 and 6/52. The Malwr analysis for those samples [1] [2] shows the macro downloading a binary from:

leafyrushy.com/98uhnvcx4x
sgi-shipping.com/98uhnvcx4x

There will be a lot more locations too. This drops a binary with a detection rate of 5/55 which appears to be Locky ransomware. Hybrid Analysis shows it phoning home to:

185.106.122.38 (Host Sailor, Romania / UAE)
185.106.122.46 (Host Sailor, Romania / UAE)
185.129.148.6 (MWTV, Latvia)

Host Sailor is a notoriously Black Hat web host, MWTV has is problems too. The payload appears to be be Locky ransomware.

Recommended blocklist:
185.106.122.0/24
185.129.148.0/24

Malware spam: "Documents copies" / "I am sending copies of the documents as attachments."

This spam appears to come from various senders and has a malicious attachment:

From:    Eddie Savage
Date:    29 June 2016 at 22:47
Subject:    Documents copies

Dear [redacted],

I am sending copies of the documents as attachments.

Thank you very much for your reply.

Regards

Eddie Savage
"Sales Director"

Attached is a ZIP file with the recipient's email address plus "DOC", "pdf" or "copy" plus a random number, contained within is a malicious .js file beginning with "swift".

Trusted analysis by another source (thank you!) gives download locations at:

12-land.co.jp/i3t2jhd
211.133.144.17/~doberuku/u9ux2e
213.191.128.17/~bilanca/zz8nws49
31.31.77.164/~belize/vg53s9
3210kawasemi.web.fc2.com/q1znrou
66.109.30.133/~PlcmSpIp/400mks
80.109.240.71/~g.koprinkov/a570ddjp
84.94.229.189/~mce12/ynkxugc
87.106.143.248/~regie/8j89l
alexiedb.home.ro/tttkjz2n
armaplate.co.uk/41h4c0bm
armaplate.co.uk/97mdwa
armaplate.co.uk/xi7cgp
bite-sportivi.it/ckgj83r
clientes.netvisao.pt/~night/05gwe
code-ltd.com/dhc12
daveshearth.com/hdifi
denchostation.web.fc2.com/rro9ws2
diskopolo.republika.pl/n8ctec1p
fujihoku.web.fc2.com/dusqvzj4
ghislain.dartois.pagesperso-orange.fr/iy53v0
humphrey.nl/1d25yqh
iranecs.ir/5klox7
karlsmart.com/9it3vmj4
ktbk.web.fc2.com/h4ur12
machinescript.hi2.ro/94sjyj
malgorzatakowal.republika.pl/jvmf7qcs
mm.pl/~kamilmg/usbcx
negep.com.br/1sr133q6
pcadesigneng.com/4zxlg
platanenhof-zschornewitz.homepage.t-online.de/cjv865
risenkeitai.ame-zaiku.com/swcbl4r
scale.kane-tsugu.com/f9h4q
selen.yu-nagi.com/g02tx18t
shimizubandfes.web.fc2.com/lntmd0g
sp31bielsko.republika.pl/f6q9z58p
sp31-bielsko.republika.pl/od5e898
topoeval.ro/z86ca14d
toushi.katsu-yori.com/sx83vt
vipoil.es/3y95xwon
vrkoc.eu/x4t68b
watanabekagu.web.fc2.com/iwiry
www.apec.cc/rffs1rs

The payload is Locky ransomware. The command and control servers appear to be the same as found here and I recommend you block them.

Malware spam: "report" / "I致e attached the report you asked me to send." leads to Locky

This spam has a weird problem with its apostrophe and comes with a malicious attachment:

From:    Kris Ruiz
Date:    28 June 2016 at 10:38
Subject:    report

Hi info,

I致e attached the report you asked me to send.


Regards


Kris Ruiz
Head of Finance UKGI Planning

The details of the sender will vary from message to message.

Attached is a ZIP file containing components of the recipient's email address and the words "report" and/or "pdf". Contained within is a malicious .js script file with a name starting with "swift".

This analysis comes from a trusted third party (thank you again). The script downloads a file from one of the following locations:

300tomoli.it/j8m7ktu
4k18.com/dfg4ad
adbm.co.uk/q2bmmhz
atlantaelectronics.co.id/xe1370n
bbmarilu.it/hkl9d
bbvogliadimare.it/il4cc3e
bibliadarkorbit.za.pl/i59j41zo
bisericaromaneasca.ro/trslckn
bobbysinghwpg.com/x42honx
bordur32.ru/re23zcb7
cameramartusa.info/u0uolg9
centrosportivoiunco.it/e8uxd
certifiedbanker.org/qjxfba
cond.gribochechki.ru/1vmcl8l
depaardestal.nl/3vfr61
dobramu.za.pl/4pc3kd9p
dragon.obywateleuropy.eu/4u22bfst
dugganinternational.ca/ksx6dv7
edilperle.it/d1mys2g
euro-support.be/xaf5349p
focolareostuni.it/oqtkiw
ft.driftactive.za.pl/7b03ffv
fuckcraft.xorg.pl/8cn8zeo
hate-metal.com/kgp8v
hudebiah.net/nskx4
ilbalconcino2011.it/e4ao4kky
ingstroymash.ru/cwiivhxu
jd-products.nl/t57vc86
marxforschung.de/0e7ac
mr2peter.de/o5ci15o
mycreativeprint.com/w3d7z6
namifitnessclub.it/f6hi6k
newgeneration2010.it/gupwqe1
potolok-profit.ru/q39aie
sprintbus.com.pl/9h7b0qnx
staffsolut.nichost.ru/jwz8i9
stbb.pt/40gnvp9a
tanie-pranie.za.pl/9e607
tip.ub.ac.id/v9wcojln
turniejkrzyz.za.pl/he2013lf
usdavetrana.it/dn81o
vonenidan.de/m3mmis
www.centroinfantilelmolino.com/qtuuvm2
www.johnlodgearchitects.com/haqew
www.pececitos.com/9ehkrke

The file is then decrypted (although I don't have a sample yet) and appears to be Locky ransomware. It phones home to the following servers:

109.234.35.71 (McHost.ru, Russia)
185.146.169.16 (Pavel Poddubniy aka Cloudpro LLC, Russia)
193.9.28.254 (FLP Kochenov Aleksej Vladislavovich aka uadomen.com, Ukraine)
194.31.59.147 (HostBar, Russia)
195.123.209.227 (Layer6 Networks, Latvia)
217.12.223.88 (ITL, Ukraine)
217.12.223.89 (ITL, Ukraine)

Recommended blocklist:
109.234.35.71
185.146.169.16
193.9.28.254
194.31.59.147
195.123.209.227
217.12.223.88
217.12.223.89

Malware spam: "Updated" / "Attached please find the documents you requested.." / "King regards"

This spam email has a malicious attachment and a slightly amusing typo:

From:    Sophia Rowland
Date:    27 June 2016 at 22:17
Subject:    Updated

Dear [redacted],

Attached please find the documents you requested..



King regards

Sophia Rowland
Technical Manager - General Insurance
Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:17:50 -0400

These two Hybrid Analyses [1] [2] show what appears to be Locky ransomware being downloaded from multiple locations. The dropped binary has a detection rate of 2/55. At present I don't have any C2 servers, but I would guess they are largely the same as the ones found here.

Malware spam: "Requested document" / "The document you requested is attached" leads to Locky

This spam comes from various senders, and leads to Locky ransomware:

From:    Trudy Bonner
Date:    27 June 2016 at 15:39
Subject:    Requested document

Dear [redacted],

The document you requested is attached.

Best regards


Trudy Bonner
Group Director of Strategy

Attached is a ZIP file containing elements of the recipients email address, the words "document", "doc" or "scanned" plus a random number. Contained within is a random .js script beginning with unpaid.

Trusted external analysis (thank you as ever) shows the scripts downloading from one of the following locations:

192.186.246.134/~advancedptr/4kw2yb
210.171.0.30/~akfa8701/76p9su
216.218.93.172/~thelma2/7a4q7knx
217.172.226.2/~redpaluch/8ji21s5
217.172.226.2/~vikolor/3pdqsh
300tomoli.it/0qgidk55
3141592.ru/rvhijql
4k18.com/lpschs
80.244.134.169/x4jzt5
82.140.32.172/~hoddl/4etb1e1
adbm.co.uk/104ky
addonworks.com/aaotksj
angeelle.nichost.ru/sf0bm5rz
arogyaforhealth.com/apqbmvr
asliaypak.com/zcubi7
atlantaelectronics.co.id/kjdfbm
babycotsonline.com/hiy96z
beautifulhosting.com.au/ljtxwrr4
bisericaromaneasca.ro/amfcy
bobbysinghwpg.com/fx1jpyt
cameramartusa.info/qaghx
camera-test.hi2.ro/5w9tcm
certifiedbanker.org/faplav8m
clients.seospell.co.in/8jq6cu
climairuk.com/bv7haqcm
cond.gribochechki.ru/v84pn
delicious-doughnuts.net/t81of0k
empiredeckandfence.com/8wytfp
euro-support.be/jo1s8r3k
focolareostuni.it/1tl199rq
hudebiah.net/vyz44p8
immoclic.o2switch.net/mpzkos32
ingstroymash.ru/vi4hwfp
jd-products.nl/msjswnn
mycreativeprint.com/f9qa60q
potolok-profit.ru/w9oyt
sherlock.uvishere.com/2ujlndd
staffsolut.nichost.ru/wif31sug
tip.ub.ac.id/bzrnweoo
www.centroinfantilelmolino.com/2sgw0ch

The malware phones home to the following hosts:


51.254.240.48 (Andrey Orlov aka Relink LLC, Russia / OVH, France)
109.234.35.71 (McHost.ru, Russia)
185.82.216.61 (ITL, Bulgaria)
185.146.169.16 (Pavel Poddubniy aka CloudPro, Russia)
195.123.209.227 (ITL, Latvia)
217.12.223.88 (ITL, Ukraine)
217.12.223.89 (ITL, Ukraine)

Lots of ITL recently... you might want to block /24s here instead of single IPs.

Recommended blocklist:
51.254.240.48
109.234.35.71
185.82.216.61
185.146.169.16
195.123.209.227
217.12.223.88
217.12.223.89

Malware spam: DOC1234 / document4321 / Document56789 leads to Locky

This rather terse spam run leads to Locky ransomware and appears to come from the sender's own email account (but doesn't).

The subject is some variation of DOC / Document / document plus a number. There is a ZIP file attached with a name matching the subject, there is no body text.

Some examples

Subject: DOC541887
Attachment: DOC541887.zip

Subject: document36168
Attachment: document36168.zip

Subject: Document453567810
Attachment: Document453567810.zip

Contained within the ZIP file is one of several different .js scripts. Trusted third-party analysis (you know who you are, thank you!) shows download locations at:

calcoastlogistics.com/09ujnb76v5?yNVICJbit=nFikKFve
labthanhthanhpg.com/09ujnb76v5?yNVICJbit=nFikKFve
patmagifts.asia/09ujnb76v5?yNVICJbit=nFikKFve
shadowbi.com/09ujnb76v5?yNVICJbit=nFikKFve
www.tmdmagento.com/09ujnb76v5?yNVICJbit=nFikKFve

Detection rates for the dropped binary are 5/54. The malware phones home to the following IPs:

51.254.240.48 (Andrey Orlov aka Relink LLC, Russia / OVH, France)
217.12.223.88 (ITL, Ukraine)
195.123.209.227 (ITL, Latvia)
185.82.216.61 (ITL, Bulgaria)

Recommended blocklist:
51.254.240.48
217.12.223.88
195.123.209.227
185.82.216.61

Malware spam: "Final version of the report" probably leads to Locky

This spam leads to malware:

From:    Julianne Pittman
Date:    23 June 2016 at 09:48
Subject:    Final version of the report

Dear info,

Patrica Ramirez asked me to send you the attached Word document, which contains the final version of the report.
Please let me know if you have any trouble with the file, and please let Patrica know if you have any questions about the contents of the report.


Kind regards


Julianne Pittman
Operations Director (CEO Designate)

The names in each version of the email vary. Attached is a ZIP file with a filename containing some version of the recipients email address and the word "report" which contains in turn a malicious ZIP .js script beginning with the words "unpaid".

The payload is not known at this time and analysis is pending, but is likely to be Locky ransomware similar to this.

UPDATE 1

Hybrid Analysis of three sample scripts [1] [2] [3] show three download locations (you can bet there will be many more):

bptec.ir/kvk9leho
promoresults.com.au/gx4al
boranwebshop.nl/ggc7ld

Each one drops a slightly different binary (VirusTotal results [4] [5] [6]) but at the moment automated analysis is inconclusive [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]. I will try to post the C2 servers here if I get them.

UPDATE 2

A trusted third party analysis shows the following download locations (thank you!) :

3141592.ru/wyesvj
4k18.com/u69f97
aberfoyledental.ca/6dil05
abligl.com/8v62l4i4
adbm.co.uk/1o2wejz
angeelle.nichost.ru/y6s1y9h
arogyaforhealth.com/jujg6ru
atlantaelectronics.co.id/quv7rcc1
babycotsonline.com/ph42q6ue
barum.de/c2blg
beautifulhosting.com.au/rxn80
bilgoray.com/vi5sfu
bobbysinghwpg.com/pdqcqlnr
boranwebshop.nl/ggc7ld
bptec.ir/kvk9leho
cameramartusa.info/xrfpm
capitalwomanmagazine.ca/6k1oig
century21keim.com/c7xb2xy
certifiedbanker.org/obmv6590
cg.wandashops.com/evqbfwkx
clients.seospell.co.in/fkn67zy
climairuk.com/h32k491o
climatizareonline.ro/azkqs
cond.gribochechki.ru/zibni
dentalshop4you.nl/m22brjfz
disneyexperience.com/psyyhe
elviraminkina.com/ojyq1
euro-support.be/rdl3n7u
focolareostuni.it/0k2ren
freesource.su/ijugasq1
grantica.ru/6hjli
honeystays.co.za/siu2k
ideograph.com/k7qfsxx
imetinyang.za.pl/74hd4by5
immoclic.o2switch.net/styvuwti
jd-products.nl/xjld131
karl-lee.se/x23ft
margohack.za.pl/wkiokl
matvil8.freehostia.com/64tmb1
mycreativeprint.com/mqib9te
oakashandthorn.charybdis.seedboxes.cc/f7ge4y3k
pipt.wallst.ru/qojqp2
promoresults.com.au/gx4al
redpower.com.au/xlkdld
tip.ub.ac.id/k2e32vh
www.centroinfantilelmolino.com/60wfh
www.darkhollowcoffee.com/oqlyd9m
www.ellicottcitypediatrics.com/7d6sdl
www.keven.site.aplus.net/fmlonxl

C2 servers are at:

51.254.240.48 (Rackspace, US)
91.219.29.41 (FLP Kochenov Aleksej Vladislavovich aka uadomen.com, Ukraine)
217.12.223.88 (ITL, Ukraine)
195.123.209.227 (ITL, Latvia)
93.170.169.188 (PE Dunaeivskyi Denys Leonidovich, Ukraine)

The malware uses the path /upload/_dispatch.php on the C2 servers.

Recommended blocklist:
51.254.240.48
91.219.29.41
217.12.223.88
195.123.209.227
93.170.169.188


/upload/_dispatch.php

Malware spam: "Corresponding Invoice" leads to Locky

This spam has a malicious attachment, probably leading to Locky ransomware:

From:    Althea Duke
Date:    22 June 2016 at 16:00
Subject:    Corresponding Invoice

Dear lisa:

Thank you for your email regarding your order of 21 June, and sorry for the delay in replying. I am
writing to confirm receipt of your order, and to inform you that the item you requested will be delivered
by 25 June at the latest. If you require more information regarding this order, please do not hesitate to
contact me.

Also, our records show that we have not yet received payment for the previous order of 11 June,
so I would be grateful if you could send payment as soon as possible. Please find attached the
corresponding invoice.

If there is anything else you require, our company would be pleased to help. Looking forward to
hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely

Althea Duke
Managing Director

Who the message is "from" varies from message to message, but the body text is the same. Analysis of the payload is pending, but it is probably similar to yesterday's Locky run.

UPDATE

A little bit of analysis, via these automated reports [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] show some download locations as:

personal-architecture.nl/6gcpaey
ding-a-ling-tel.com/b289dg
plasticsmachine.com/d43ndxna
hyip-all.com/9qwmc65

Various files are dropped, including these samples [6] [7] the latter of which is a three week old version of Locky. Go figure. The comments in this report show C2 servers at:

51.254.240.48 (Andrey Orlov aka Relink LLC, Russia / OVH, France)
91.219.29.41 (FLP Kochenov Aleksej Vladislavovich aka uadomen.com, Ukraine)
185.82.216.55 (ITL, Bulgaria)
93.170.169.188 (PE Dunaeivskyi Denys Leonidovich, Ukraine)

Three out of those four servers are the same as yesterday.

Recommended blocklist:
51.254.240.48
91.219.29.41
185.82.216.55
93.170.169.188

Malware spam: "Please find attached our invoice for services rendered and additional disbursements in the above-mentioned matter."

This malicious spam leads to Locky ransomware, something that we haven't seen for several weeks:

From:    Lilian Fletcher
Date:    21 June 2016 at 20:01
Subject:    Re:

Dear lisa:

Please find attached our invoice for services rendered and additional disbursements in the above-
mentioned matter.

Hoping the above to your satisfaction, we remain.

Sincerely,
Lilian Fletcher
Head of Maintenance

These are being sent out in huge numbers at the moment. Details vary from message to message, but the body text is essentially the same. Attached is a ZIP file containing the words addition, invoice or services plus the recipients email address and a number (e.g. lisa_addition_278292.zip) containing a malicious script beginning with the word "addition".

A trusted third-party analysis (thank you, you know who you are) shows download locations at:

204.232.192.84/abjvucr
akdenizozalit.com/ixoxi
allchannel.net/lue6c4
aloprint.com/bk0f2
arabian-star.com/nay7jq7
beluxfurniture.com/0jcxx
cbactive.com/1sdfs
clerici.info/g1sd5d59
depaardestal.nl/z5htsm
ding-a-ling-tel.com/bazk3kao
easysupport.us/fl85xie
ekonova.nazwa.pl/wc0coj
ft.dol.za.pl/ymsikgp7
fuji-mig.com/awcigpa1
futuretech-iq.net/koqpy
handicraftmag.com/mrihc
heavenboundministry.com/i7a59qj
hrlpk.com/s5ibqz1
hyip-all.com/9qwmc65
iminlife.com/cqoanbzr
infocuscreative.net/didt48j
innatesynergy.com/mrgdve3
jasoncoroy.com/szlzqni
kitchenconceptagra.com/5s9xb7j
komplettraeder-24.de/w61qx92
marxforschung.de/tt18a
modelestrazackie.za.pl/zfww8nx
otolocphat.com/bv2n241r
passagegoldtravel.com/bqugo3qb
pawelbuczynski.za.pl/z1q8u
percorsipsicoarte.com/6gz707c
pub-voiture.com/dcsjrjm
racedayworld.com/808k8pd
reginamargherita96.net/hhtvomcw
rzezba-bierowiec.za.pl/y7fbo1a
samrhamburg.com/jrh9b
scpremiumbikes.com/3y1b0n4s
searchforamy.com/1fz0k9kp
stbb.pt/z59ifwj
stckwt.net/p4jlk
testfacility.awsome.pl/zc73v
totalsportnetwork.com/kpbrp2mq
ugmp.nazwa.pl/xkhhf2n
unitedprogamers.za.pl/ylxt67
vantagenetsvc.com/a7xssz
vinabuhmwoo.com/69udv
wasearch.us/6mm3hk
wbksis.com/5mxl28il
yourworshipspace.com/a3py3w

Analysis by those parties shows that it phones home to:

51.254.240.48 (Andrey Orlov aka Relink LLC, Russia / OVH, France)
91.219.29.41 (FLP Kochenov Aleksej Vladislavovich aka uadomen.com, Ukraine)
185.82.216.55 (ITL, Bulgaria)
217.12.223.83 (ITL, Ukraine)

As I mentioned before, this is Locky ransomware which has not been circulating at all since about 31st May.

Recommended blocklist:
51.254.240.48
91.219.29.41
185.82.216.55
217.12.223.83

Spam: Dr Happy's Terrorism Conference

Fake conferences are a pretty common scam. The criminals send out spam about serious-looking upcoming conferences that don't exist and then rip victims off for travel costs, conference fees and hotel accommodation. This spam about a fake conference about terrorism caught my eye because it comes from the amusingly named (but fake) Dr Happy Wisdom:

From:    Dr. Happy [shreyag@bajajcapital.com]
Reply-To:    "Dr. Happy" [iedhsto.officedesk@gmail.com]
Date:    15 June 2016 at 23:24
Subject:    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM 2016

Dear Sir/Madam,

 On behalf of the International Economic Development on Human Security and Terrorism Organization, I am pleased to invite you to our conference that will be held from August 15th to 19th, 2016 @ the conference place in Dallas Texas USA and August 22nd-26th 2016 @ in Dakar Senegal. The conference meeting will contain various talks and mini workshops related to the issues of Challenges to Economic Development & Human Security in our society.

The topic of the conference is "The Effect of Terrorism on Global Economy and Human Security " the sponsors of this event shall cover your round-trip air tickets from your country to the USA and from USA to Dakar Senegal back to your country and we shall also provide visa assistance with the U.S Embassy in your country of residence and your ground transportation from the airport to the conference venue. The hotel accommodation booking cost will be your own responsibility in Republic of Senegal. Please contact the conference secretariat for more information and registration for participation: [iedhsto.officedesk@gmail.com].

We look forward to your confirmed presence at the conference.

Respectfully Yours,

Dr. Happy Wisdom,

Program Assistant.

The email does actually originate from an IP address in Senegal (41.82.15.40) but then it is routed through a hacked server belonging to the domain bajajcapital.com which is a finance company in India. The compromise email account can be seen in the "From" field.

At best this scam is some sort of financial fraud. At worst, turning up to it could put your life in danger. Avoid.

Malware spam: ". CARTÓRIO POSTAL. Apontamento de Protesto. 10/06/2016 17:42:46"

This Portuguese-language spam leads to malware:

From:    formacion@salesianos-madrid.com
Date:    10 June 2016 at 21:42
Subject:    . CARTÓRIO POSTAL. Apontamento de Protesto. 10/06/2016 17:42:46

Levamos ao conhecimento de V. Sa. que se acha devidamente protocolado neste Tabelionato, para ser protestado, o título abaixo anexado.

Lei nº 9.492 de 10 setembro de 1997.
Art. 12. O protesto será registrado dentro de três dias úteis contados da protocolização do título ou documento de dívida.
§ 1º Na contagem do prazo a que se refere o caput exclui-se o dia da protocolização e inclui-se o do vencimento.

Favor comparecer munido deta intimação, no horário das 8:00h às 17:00h


Atenciosamente,Liliane peixoto.

The link in the email message in this case goes to:

www.sugarsync.com/pf/D3259546_878_449109824?directDownload=3Dtrue

This downloads an executable PROTESTO.exe with a VirusTotal detection rate of 15/56. Automated analysis [1] [2] [3] shows it dropping a further executable OViLQKDS.exe which has a detection rate of 16/56. Analysis of that is inconclusive [4] [5] [6] is inconclusive, but it looks like some kind of information stealer.

Malware spam: "David Bernard agent Fedex" / "Secure-FeDex" leads to Andromeda

This fake FedEx (or FeDex?) spam has a malicious attachment:

From:    Secure-FeDex
Date:    8 June 2016 at 18:17
Subject:    David Bernard agent Fedex

Deаr [redacted] ,
We tried tо delivеr уour item on June 08th, 2016, 10:45 АM.
The delivеry attempt failеd because thе аddress was business сlоsed оr nobodу сould sign fоr it.
Тo piсk up the package, please, рrint the receipt that is аttаchеd to this еmаil and visit FеdEx
office indicated in the invoice. If the pасkagе is nоt piсkеd up within 24 hоurs, it will bе returnеd to thе shipper.

 

Receipt Number:  98402839289
Eхpесted Delivеrу Dаte: June 08th, 2016
Class: Intеrnаtional Paсkаge Sеrviсe
Servicе(s): Delivеrу Cоnfirmation
Status: Notifiсatiоn sent

 

Thank you for choosing our service

 

 

©  FedEх  1995-2016

In this case there was an attachment FedEx_track_98404283928.zip which unzipped into a folder FedEx_track_98404283928 containing in turn a malicious script FedEx_track_98404283928.js which (according to Malwr) attempts to download a binary from one of the following locations:

www.brusasport.com/Brusa/vario/direct/teamviiverupdate2918372.exe
www.microsoft.com/Brusa/vario/direct/teamviiverupdate2918372.exe
www.mega.net/Brusa/vario/direct/teamviiverupdate2918372.exe
www.google.com/Brusa/vario/direct/teamviiverupdate2918372.exe
www.yahoo.com/Brusa/vario/direct/teamviiverupdate2918372.exe

Only the first one is a valid download location, the rest are a smokescreen. The dropped binary has a detection rate of 5/56 but automated analysis [1] [2] [3] is inconclusive. However those reports do seem to indicate attempted network traffic to:

secure.adnxs.metalsystems.it
upfd.pilenga.co.uk

These two subdomains appears to have been hijacked from unrelated Register.IT customers and are hosted on a questionable-looking customer of OVH Italy on 188.165.157.176:

organisation:   ORG-NQ1-RIPE
org-name:       Kitdos NOC
org-type:       OTHER
address:        UNKNOW
address:        UNKNOW UNKNOW
address:        US
e-mail:         kitdos.com@gmail.com
abuse-mailbox:  kitdos.com@gmail.com
phone:          +33.188866688
mnt-ref:        OVH-MNT
mnt-by:         OVH-MNT
created:        2016-02-04T03:22:05Z
last-modified:  2016-02-23T13:14:14Z
source:         RIPE

Other hijacked subdomains on the same IP are:

tgr.tecnoagenzia.eu
bmp.pilenga.co.uk
maps.pilenga.co.uk
sundication.twitter.luigilatruffa.com
tit.pilenga.net
trw.pilenga.net
ocsp.pilenga.net
plda.pilenga.net
maps.pilenga.mobi
plda.pilenga.mobi

This Tweet from ‏@pancak3lullz indicates that this IP is associated with Anrdomeda rather than the usual recent patterns of Locky or Dridex (which has.. err.. dried up recently). It appears to have been a malicious IP for more than a month.

Of interest is that almost every part of this chain (including the spam sending IP of 31.27.229.22) is in Italy.

As with a great deal of recent spam, this is delivered via a .js script in a ZIP file. If you can configure your mail filters to reject such things then you will be a whole lot safer.

Recommended blocklist:
188.165.157.176/30

Malware spam: "Good morning" résumé spam drops Cerber ransomware and makes a statement

This fake résumé spam leads to malware:

From:    Dora Bain
Date:    7 June 2016 at 03:37
Subject:    Good morning

What's Up?
I visited your website today..
I'm currently looking for work either full time or as a intern to get experience in the field.
Please look over my CV and let me know what you think.

With gratitude,

--
Dora Bain

In the sample I saw, the attached file was named Dora-Resume.doc and had a VirusTotal detection rate of 11/56. The Malwr report and Hybrid Analysis show that a script executes that tries to make a political statement along the way..

This downloads a file from 80.82.64.198/subid1.exe which is then saved as %APPDATA%\us_drones_kills_civilians.exe  which VirusTotal gives a detection rate of 20/56 and seems to give an overall diagnosis as being Cerber ransomware.

The IP address of 80.82.64.198 is allocated to an apparent Seychelles shell company called Quasi Networks Ltd (which is probably Russian). There seems to be little if anything of value in 80.82.64.0/24 which could be a good candidate to block. Incidentally, the IP hosts best-booters.com which is likely to be a DDOS-for-hire site.

According to the VT report the malware scans for a response on port 6892 on the IP addresses 85.93.0.0 through to 85.93.63.255. However, this Hybrid Analysis indicates that the only server to respond is on 85.93.0.124 (GuardoMicro SRL, Romania) which is part of the notoriously bad 85.93.0.0/24 which is a good thing to block.

That report also shows traffic to ipinfo.io which is a legitimate "what is my IP" service. While not malicious in its own right, it does make a potentially good indicator of compromise.

Recommended blocklist:
80.82.64.0/24
85.93.0.0/24

Malware spam: "New Company Order" / "ABC Import & Export,LLC"

This fake financial spam leads to malware:

From:    accounting@abcimportexport.com
Reply-To:    userworldz@yahoo.com
To:    Recipients [accounting@abcimportexport.com]
Date:    31 May 2016 at 12:31
Subject:    New Company Order

Good Day,

Find the attached specifications in the purchase order for our company mid year order & projects before sending your Proforma Invoice and do get back to me with your quotations asap.
An Official order placement will follow as soon as possible.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD & VIEW PURCHASE ORDER IF DOESNT WORK THEN CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD SECURE PURCHASE ORDER 

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/4dcdbc9b7e95edf6788be6723/files/scan_purchase_orders.zip
Attention! This document was created with a newer version of Microsoft Word.. Please click Enable Content or Macro to view the content of our order

Best Regards,
Ameen La Binish

Purchasing Dept

ABC Import & Export,LLC 2534 Royal Lane
Suite # 205
Dallas,Texas 75229
USA
Toll Free : 1-800-666-5874
Office Main Line : 1-214-966-2627
Office Reception : 1-214-985-1696
Fax : 1-972-243-7275
Email: Sales@abcimportexports.co
Website: http://abcimportexport.com

This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited.

The link in the email message goes to gallery.mailchimp.com/4dcdbc9b7e95edf6788be6723/files/scan_purchase_orders.zip . This contains a malicious executable scan purchase orders.exe which has a detection rate of 3/56. That VirusTotal report and these other analyses [1] [2] [3] shows network traffic to:

185.5.175.211 (Voxility SRL, Romania)

This executable drops another similar EXE [4] [5] [6] [7] which phones home to the same IP. Between them, these reports indicate some sort of keylogger. There seems to be little of anything of value in this /24, so I would recommend blocking 185.5.175.0/24

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Malware spam: "You have 1 new message from bank manager. To read it, please open the attachment down below. "

This fake financial spam has a malicious attachment:

From:    Lanna Weall
Date:    31 May 2016 at 12:18
Subject:    New Message from your bank manager

You have 1 new message from bank manager. To read it, please open the attachment down below. 

In the sample I saw there was an attachment see_it_77235678.zip containing a malicious script warning_letter_Bdrh5W.js (detection rate 4/57) and the Malwr analysis of that sample shows that it downloads a binary from:

pvprojekt.pl/oLlqvX

The dropped binary is Locky ransomware with a detection rate of 4/56. All those reports plus these analyses [1] [2] [3] show network traffic to:

85.17.19.102 (Leaseweb, Netherlands)
195.154.69.90 (Iliad Entreprises, France)
93.170.123.60 (PE Gornostay Mikhailo Ivanovich / time-host.net, Ukraine)

A trusted source (thank you) indicated that there was a earlier Locky campaign today with the following donwload locations:

101consult.com/zZVPJj
adrianschubert.pl/7s56K8
affinityee.com/jkpziP
akcord.com/R4yjhg
alex-makhinin.ru/hPBy2R
altezzatrio.com/aAS841
amande-concerts.de/LNfOKy
amansur.com/sJIEQB
andresvazquez.net/1UaAWY
arajinqayler.com/V8lL2k
asworkstation.com/1Cq0Kk
baidainhatrang.xyz/bA2xZO
balifashion.ru/FMGbdV
belov24.ru/1msPTS
bestplumbersindallas.com/UZmYow
betulbasol.com/jmS4ts
bitcoinprservices.com/4Xc6Fy
canale78.it/I52NbK
c-a-r.at/QSa8sI
fm2030.us/BznLrm
handmee.com/hIPTXx
jestempiotr.pl/IiJlGp
kickoff.ru/WNwvki
kontarkum.org/Lntxhy
ktistakis.com/UHqig6
kvarcevaya-lampa.ru/fC9qZW
kwweb.it/tNTjZ2
ladohumano.cl/bnmYOE
leatherberryconsulting.com/gXTND7
lidgroup.ru/vV9c7l
lizdion.net/9cRXIl
makarenkostyle.net/IJlEqC
marca-ce.com/n859VM
maridadiproperties.com/pQIJGB
mckinleyhigh.org/lhAfaC
metakino.ru/onryuE
metaldesign.info/o12QeD
minutemanpress-randburg.co.za/UXJnqs
most.org.mk/oiNWQ0
muslimdate.com/mlB3PW
noplacelikejones.com/hati3x
norisys.com/EwX0sO
nwa-dizel.ru/D8kTfA
ohmyg-o-d.info/Ns4gf5
pasit.heutagon.com/PyG0Oc
pgcommunitycab.com/FAlx1b
polibloki.ru/nbTURt
primeautoglass.co.nz/wMcW5Z
puliziafacile.it/JvZ9cX
pvprojekt.pl/oLlqvX
quotidianieriviste.com/WIKuLk
redcurrantjobs.co.uk/9cgwZ5
revista.motociclismo.es/4HgJ7t
riobrancoperu.org/B3AlqT
rockmind.pl/bg6kKf
rotaharita.com/5NmH3b
sanariumspb.ru/Xm9xul

Recommended blocklist:
85.17.19.102
195.154.69.90
93.170.123.60

Malware spam: "As per our discussion yesterday, please find attached the amended meeting minutes."

This spam leads to Locky ransomware:

From:    Meagan Branch
Date:    27 May 2016 at 12:35
Subject:    Information request


Dear [redacted],

As per our discussion yesterday, please find attached the amended meeting minutes.
I have accepted the majority of the changes requested, however there are some that I have left in the document.
I have included the edits as track changes.

Please confirm that the changes we have made are acceptable.

Many thanks


Regards,

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Meagan Branch
Phone: +1 (620) 980-41-94

The senders vary from email to email. Attached is a ZIP file with a malicious script, which in the examples that I have found downloads one of a variety of malicious executables [1] [2] [3] [4] which call home to the same IP addresses found in this earlier spam run.

Malware spam: "Neue Abrechnung Nr. 746441" / support@sipcall.de

This German-language spam has a malicious attachment:

From:    support@sipcall.de
Date:    27 May 2016 at 10:57
Subject:    Neue Abrechnung Nr. 746441


Guten Tag

Im Anhang erhalten Sie die neue Rechnung des vergangenen Monates mit der Abrechnungsnummer 746441.

Für eine fristgerechte Bezahlung danken wir Ihnen. Bei Fragen oder Anregungen steht Ihnen unser Kundendienst gerne zur Verfügung.


Freundliche Grüsse
Ihr VoIP Provider


Dies ist eine automatisch generierte Nachricht. Antworten auf diese E-Mail können nicht bearbeitet werden.

Reference numbers vary. Attached is a randomly-named Word document (e.g. INV842038-746441.docm). The sample I submitted to Malwr showed it downloading a binary from:

www.ding-a-ling-tel.com/98yh87nb6v4

Other sources indicate additional download locations at:

egadget.ru/98yh87nb6v4
www.samrhamburg.com/98yh87nb6v4
bridgeplacements.com/98yh87nb6v4
birlesimsucuklari.com/98yh87nb6v4
ecpi.ro/98yh87nb6v4
wondervalley.in/98yh87nb6v4
acnek.com/98yh87nb6v4
cacpa.org/98yh87nb6v4
cobrebactericida.org/98yh87nb6v4
greenwfms.com/98yh87nb6v4
iwebmediasavvy.com/98yh87nb6v4
projectodetalhe.pt/98yh87nb6v4
renaudsfurniture.ca/98yh87nb6v4
saintkatherine.orthodoxy.ru/98yh87nb6v4
www.orchidealito.it/98yh87nb6v4

There are probably other locations too.

An executable is dropped with a detection rate of 3/56. The Hybrid Analysis and DeepViz report both indicate different phone-home locations:

193.9.28.13 (FLP Kochenov Aleksej Vladislavovich / uadomen.com, Ukraine)
5.152.199.70 (Redstation, UK)

Private sources also indicate C2s at:

212.109.219.31 (JSC Server, Russia)
107.181.187.12 (Total Server Solutions, US)

The payload is Locky ransomware.

Recommended blocklist:
193.9.28.13
5.152.199.70
212.109.219.31
107.181.187.12

Phish: "Final PO Contract..xlsx"

This spam email is phishing for email credentials. Unlike some, this one seems to be quite well done and might convince unsuspecting people that it is genuine.

From:    M Tufail Shakir [admin@ebookmalls.com]
Date:    27 May 2016 at 08:42
Subject:    Re: Final PO Contract..xlsx

Please see below attachment for the final signed contract

Regards,
27-05-2016

Tom Yip | Regional Sales Team | Marchon Eyewear (HK) Ltd.
Room 1503-05, 15/F, One Island South, 2 Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
P: (852) 2814 6674  |  tyip@marchon.com

From: Marites [villaventures@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 2:15 PM
To: [redacted]
Cc: Jeff Lam; Swallow Yeung
Subject: SF and CE Contract

Final Contact Statement.xlsx    1 file (Total 387.5 KB)    View | Download

The link in this email goes to:

cagselectrical.com.au/libraries/emb/excel/excel/index.php?email=[redacted]

This gives a pretty convincing looking facsimile of an Excel spreadsheet, prompting for credentials..

Entering any combination of username and password seems to work, then you get redirected to a GIF of a spreadsheet..

Curiously, this GIF is not part of a phishing site but is on a wholly legitimate site belonging to a software company called Aspera (you can see it here):

download.asperasoft.com/download/docs/console/2.0/linux/html/images/console/console-report-ex1-xls.gif

The asperasoft.com domain is NOT involved in the phishing nor has it been compromised. As ever, I would advise you not to explore links like this as they might lead to an exploit kit or malware, and bear in mind that some phishing pages are better than others, and this is one of the more convincing ones that I have seen recently.