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Tuesday, 27 November 2012

BeyondTek IT / Beyond Tek IT / beyondtekit.com spam

Here's an annoying spammer.. but who are they exactly?


From:     Nick Snow ---- BeyondTekIT Nick@beyondtekit.com
Date:     27 November 2012 10:24
Subject:     Your IT Jobs - HR

Hello:

The IT market is extremely HOT right now and there is no doubt that, there is a severe shortage of qualified, experienced IT candidates and an over-abundance of IT jobs being advertised by companies all over the country. It seems, most qualified candidates are in such high demand that they are getting multiple offers, which is making it difficult for companies to fill certain positions.

That being said please let me know if you currently have any hard-to-fill IT positions at  that we could provide candidates for. We can assist with contract, contract-to-hire/temp-to-perm, or permanent positions.

We have candidates available across all technologies and skill-sets, including (this is only a partial list):
Programmers/Developers - Java, C++, .Net, Ruby, Web, Perl, Python, PHP, ColdFusion, etc
Systems Analysts / Business Analysts
QA Engineers/Analysts/Testers
DBA's - SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, etc
SAP Consultants - Technical, Functional, Techno-Functional, Analysts, Developers
Oracle Consultants - Technical, Functional, Techno-Functional, Analysts, Developers
Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence Developers/Engineers - ETL, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, Cognos, etc
Project Managers
Systems Administrators - Linux, Window, etc
Executive - CIO, CTO, VP of IT, etc

PS - We have just started offering our clients a business model of hiring off-site developers, who can be your employees but working from our office in India. Please ask me for more details, and I can send you our PowerPoint presentation.

Thank you.

Nick Snow
BeyondTek IT
Tel: 714-572-1544
nick@beyondtekit.com
www.BeyondTekIT.com
The spam (and it is spam) originates from a server on 216.14.62.75 (Telepacific Communications, Los Angeles) which also hosts the beyondtekit.com and beyondtechit.com domains.

So who are BeyondTekIT? (They also spell their name Beyond Tek IT and BeyondTek IT). The WHOIS details for the beyondtekit.com (and beyondtechit.com) are no help because they are anonymised. So, perhaps their website gives a clue.. and indeed they give the following contact details:

BeyondTek IT
1057 E. Imperial Highway, Suite 509
Placentia, CA 92870

Phone: 714-572-1544
Fax:     714-364-9705

General Inquiries:                     info@beyondtekit.com
Candidate Resume Submittals: resume@beyondtekit.com
So, this is a California company. So it must be registered in the State of California? Err.. no. There is no business entity of this name. So let's check out the address.. well, that turns out to be a store called Postal Max that rents out mailboxes.

A bit of hard searching around shows that this is not a US based company at all, but is actually based in India (the email mentions an Indian connection). Their real website is at beyondtech.in and clearly mentions the maildrop address on their contact page.

The WHOIS details for this domain are:

Registrant ID:SB23414228
Registrant Name:Nishant Rastogi
Registrant Organization:One MG
Registrant Street1:23, North Boag Road, TNagar
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Chennai
Registrant State/Province:Tamil Nadu
Registrant Postal Code:600017
Registrant Country:IN
Registrant Phone:+91.9444034408
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:mail@onemg.in


I personally wouldn't recommend giving any personal details to spammers, and I certainly wouldn't recommend giving details to a company that seems to spend some effort to conceal who they really are. But, bear in mind that there are no anti-spam laws in India which explains the high level of Indian spam messages (think SEO spam) that we see, so under Indian law they are probably not doing anything wrong, but surely if they are trading as a California entity then they need to be registered?


"Copies of Policies" spam / ganiopatia.ru

This spam leads to malware on ganiopatia.ru:


Date:      Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:31:10 -0500
From:      sales1@victimdomain.com
Subject:      RE: ALINA - Copies of Policies.

Unfortunately, I cannot obtain electronic copies of the Ocean, Warehouse or EPLI policy.

Here is the Package and Umbrella,
and a copy of the most recent schedule.

ALINA Prater,

==========


Date:      Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:26:33 +0300
From:      ALISHIADBSukwQEf@aol.com
Subject:      RE: ALISHIA - Copies of Policies.

Unfortunately, I cannot obtain electronic copies of the Ocean, Warehouse or EPLI policy.
Here is the Package and Umbrella,

and a copy of the most recent schedule.

ALISHIA Gee,

==========

From: accounting@victimdomain.com
Sent: 26 November 2012 08:42
Subject: RE: MARCELLE - Copies of Policies.

Unfortunately, I cannot obtain electronic copies of the Ocean, Warehouse or EPLI policy.
Here is the Package and Umbrella,

and a copy of the most recent schedule.

MARCELLE SPENCE,

==========

From: accounting@victimdomain.com
Sent: 26 November 2012 07:54
Subject: RE: KASSIE - Copies of Policies.

Unfortunately, I cannot obtain electronic copies of the Ocean, Warehouse or EPLI policy.

Here is the Package and Umbrella,
and a copy of the most recent schedule.

KASSIE ROMANO,


The malicious payload is at [donotclick]ganiopatia.ru:8080/forum/links/column.php hosted on the following IPs:

202.180.221.186 (GNet, Mongolia)
203.80.16.81 (MYREN, Malaysia)
208.87.243.131 (Psychz Networks, US)

Note that ganalionomka.ru  is also on the same cluster of servers and will also be malicious. These IP addresses have been used for malware several times, blocking access to them would be a good idea.

Friday, 23 November 2012

Malware sites to blog 23/11/12 - Part 2

Some more bad domains, closely related to this malicious spam run, spotted at the GFI blog, hosted on 192.155.83.191 (Linode, US)

192.155.83.191
5.estasiatica.com
5.finesettimana.com
5.italycook.com
5.hdsfm.com
5.eventiduepuntozero.com
5.finesettimana.net

Malware sites to block 23/11/12

This bunch of IPs and domains are being used in a series of fairly well-targeted attacks involving malicious spam messages that look like they come from real financial organisations (such as this one).  The payload is apparently "Ponyloader".

The domains seem to be legitimate but hacked, and in some cases the server infrastructure also looks like it is something legitimate that has been taken over by the bad guys. However, the chances are that you are more likely to see these sites as the result of a malicious spam run rather than anything else, and you should consider blocking them.

Malware servers:
50.116.16.118 (Bluehost, US)
64.94.101.200 (Nuclear Fallout Enterprises, US)
69.194.194.216 (Solar VPS, US)
70.42.74.152 (Nuclear Fallout Enterprises, US)
94.76.235.199 (Simply Transit, UK)
173.246.103.59 (Gandi, US)
173.246.103.112 (Gandi, US)
173.246.103.124 (Gandi, US)
173.246.103.184 (Gandi, US)
173.246.104.21 (Gandi, US)
174.140.168.143 (DirectSpace Networks, US)
198.74.52.86 (Linode, US)
209.188.0.118 (Secured Servers, US / Jolly Works Hosting, Philippines)

Plain list of IPs for copy-and-pasting:
50.116.16.118
64.94.101.200
69.194.194.216
70.42.74.152
94.76.235.199
173.246.103.59
173.246.103.112
173.246.103.124
173.246.103.184
173.246.104.21
174.140.168.143
198.74.52.86
209.188.0.118

Apparently malicious domains and subdomains:
50.116.16.118 (Bluehost, US)
64.94.101.200 (Nuclear Fallout Enterprises, US)
69.194.194.216 (Solar VPS, US)
70.42.74.152 (Nuclear Fallout Enterprises, US)
94.76.235.199 (Simply Transit, UK)
173.246.103.59 (Gandi, US)
173.246.103.112 (Gandi, US)
173.246.103.124 (Gandi, US)
173.246.103.184 (Gandi, US)
173.246.104.21 (Gandi, US)
174.140.168.143 (Gandi, US)
198.74.52.86 (Linode, US)
209.188.0.118 (Secured Servers, US)

1.alikeword.com
1.basicwheel.com
1.bigbroshark.net
1.blueseadolphin.net
1.callteamverve.com
1.connectedwheel.com
1.forrest-lake.info
1.killerwheel.com
1.lake-forrest.com
1.lake-forrest.info
1.lake-forrest.net
1.lowcowroller.com
1.lowcowroller.net
1.metallbeaar.net
1.rabbitharky.com
1.rabbitharky.net
1.roboxanger.net
2.5900bracknell.info
2.alikeword.com
2.allenpremierhomes.com
2.aloeups.com
2.alohevera.com
2.basicwheel.com
2.bigbroshark.net
2.blueseadolphin.net
2.boxanh.com
2.callteamverve.com
2.carrollton-realestate.com
2.connectedwheel.com
2.forrest-lake.info
2.frommyhousetoyours.com
2.killerwheel.com
2.lake-forrest.com
2.lake-forrest.info
2.lake-forrest.net
2.lowcowroller.com
2.lowcowroller.net
2.metallbeaar.net
2.pacbancwholesale.com
2.pacificbancwholesale.com
2.rabbitharky.com
2.rabbitharky.net
2.refiinc.com
2.roboxanger.net
2.taxreliefofamerica.com
2.webdedang.com
2.webdedang.net
2.wholesalepbm.com
2.zerocostfha.com
2.zfhaloan.com
3.alikeword.com
3.amandahuynh.com
3.basicwheel.com
3.bigbroshark.net
3.bluepointmortgage.com
3.blueseadolphin.net
3.callteamverve.com
3.connectedwheel.com
3.coolerpillow.com
3.directfhafunding.com
3.forrest-lake.info
3.gutterkings.biz
3.helpmemodify.com
3.insulkings.com
3.killerwheel.com
3.lake-forrest.com
3.lake-forrest.info
3.lake-forrest.net
3.lowcowroller.com
3.lowcowroller.net
3.markmatta.com
3.metallbeaar.net
3.rabbitharky.com
3.rabbitharky.net
3.roboxanger.net
4.alikeword.com
4.androidislamic.com
4.basicwheel.com
4.bigbroshark.net
4.blueseadolphin.net
4.callteamverve.com
4.collecorvino.org
4.connectedwheel.com
4.dlevo.com
4.forrest-lake.info
4.habitacoesferiasacores.com
4.icedambusters.net
4.icedambusters.org
4.insul-king.com
4.insulking.org
4.insul-king.org
4.insul-kings.org
4.islamicandroid.com
4.islamicmid.com
4.islamictab.com
4.killerwheel.com
4.lake-forrest.com
4.lake-forrest.info
4.lake-forrest.net
4.lowcowroller.com
4.lowcowroller.net
4.lowellgeneralcarjacking.com
4.lowellgeneralhospitalcarjacking.com
4.lowellgeneralhospitalcarjacking.net
4.metallbeaar.net
4.rabbitharky.com
4.rabbitharky.net
4.roboxanger.net
5.alikeword.com
5.attilacrm.com
5.basicwheel.com
5.bigbroshark.net
5.bitwin.com
5.blueseadolphin.net
5.callteamverve.com
5.connectedwheel.com
5.forrest-lake.info
5.killerwheel.com
5.lake-forrest.com
5.lake-forrest.info
5.lake-forrest.net
5.lowcowroller.com
5.lowcowroller.net
5.metallbeaar.net
5.rabbitharky.com
5.rabbitharky.net
5.roboxanger.net
6.alikeword.com
6.alohevera.com
6.basicwheel.com
6.bigbroshark.net
6.blueseadolphin.net
6.callteamverve.com
6.connectedwheel.com
6.fionabuchanan.com
6.forevergreen.us.com
6.forrest-lake.info
6.grapafood.com
6.hotels-rooms.com
6.incidentalrecruitment.com
6.killerwheel.com
6.lake-forrest.com
6.lake-forrest.info
6.lake-forrest.net
6.lowcowroller.com
6.lowcowroller.net
6.metallbeaar.net
6.negutterking.org
6.negutterkings.biz
6.negutterkings.info
6.negutterkings.net
6.negutterkings.org
6.nomoreicedams.com
6.nomoreicedams.net
6.rabbitharky.com
6.rabbitharky.net
6.roboxanger.net
7.alikeword.com
7.basicwheel.com
7.bigbroshark.net
7.blueseadolphin.net
7.callteamverve.com
7.connectedwheel.com
7.forrest-lake.info
7.killerwheel.com
7.lake-forrest.com
7.lake-forrest.info
7.lake-forrest.net
7.lowcowroller.com
7.lowcowroller.net
7.metallbeaar.net
7.rabbitharky.com
7.rabbitharky.net
7.roboxanger.net
8.alikeword.com
8.aloeventures.com
8.aloeverasoftdrinks.com
8.aloevirgin.com
8.basicwheel.com
8.bigbroshark.net
8.blueseadolphin.net
8.cafesexcelentes.com
8.callteamverve.com
8.connectedwheel.com
8.corporatemodeler.com
8.elbancodelospobres.com
8.foodex.us
8.forrest-lake.info
8.joanvaldez.com
8.killerwheel.com
8.klipette.com
8.koguis.com
8.lake-forrest.com
8.lake-forrest.info
8.lake-forrest.net
8.lowcowroller.com
8.lowcowroller.net
8.metallbeaar.net
8.rabbitharky.com
8.rabbitharky.net
8.roboxanger.net
9.alikeword.com
9.basicwheel.com
9.bigbroshark.net
9.blueseadolphin.net
9.bohmamei.com
9.boondocksdistillery.com
9.callteamverve.com
9.connectedwheel.com
9.forrest-lake.info
9.hclinstitute.com
9.i-am-a-pussy.com
9.killerwheel.com
9.lake-forrest.com
9.lake-forrest.info
9.lake-forrest.net
9.lowcowroller.com
9.lowcowroller.net
9.metallbeaar.net
9.rabbitharky.com
9.rabbitharky.net
9.roboxanger.net
alikeword.com
app-market.it
basicwheel.com
bigbroshark.com
bigbroshark.net
blueseadolphin.com
blueseadolphin.net
callteamverve.com
connectedwheel.com
forrest-lake.info
killerwheel.com
lake-forrest.com
lake-forrest.info
lake-forrest.net
lowcowroller.com
lowcowroller.net
maxiwheel.com
metallbeaar.com
metallbeaar.net
rabbitharky.com
rabbitharky.net
roboxanger.net
selfwheel.com
subwheel.com

Or if you just want to block domains rather than subdomains:
alikeword.com
app-market.it
basicwheel.com
bigbroshark.com
bigbroshark.net
blueseadolphin.com
blueseadolphin.net
callteamverve.com
connectedwheel.com
forrest-lake.info
killerwheel.com
lake-forrest.com
lake-forrest.info
lake-forrest.net
lowcowroller.com
lowcowroller.net
maxiwheel.com
metallbeaar.com
metallbeaar.net
rabbitharky.com
rabbitharky.net
roboxanger.net
selfwheel.com
subwheel.com

Something evil on 5.135.192.16/30

It looks like there are a set of exploit sites in the range 5.135.192.16/30 serving up TrueType exploits (such as CVE-2011-3402) which is being pushed by a malicious URL at [donotclick]mwko.zsomteltepngs.info/40c0dee71a9b9d715539b7d56c3d5f23.eot . The potentially malicious sites in this range include:

10bloodek.info
1bloodek.info
5helnima.net
anotepad.info
asomteltepngs.info
jhqp.bcodec.info
ksmuaelteory.net
mwko.zsomteltepngs.info
osmuaelteory.net
psmuaelteory.net
qfgc.hlegolaj.net
qsomteltepngs.info
rsomelostell.net
shelnima.net
whelnima.net
xsomteltepngs.info
ysomteltepngs.info
zbav.hsomteltepngs.info

If you're interesting in blocking whole domains rather than subdomains then here's a list you can use:

10bloodek.info
1bloodek.info
5helnima.net
anotepad.info
asomteltepngs.info
bcodec.info
hlegolaj.net
hsomteltepngs.info
ksmuaelteory.net
osmuaelteory.net
psmuaelteory.net
qsomteltepngs.info
rsomelostell.net
shelnima.net
whelnima.net
xsomteltepngs.info
ysomteltepngs.info
zsomteltepngs.info

The netblock is controlled by OVH, but suballocated:

organisation:   ORG-AL263-RIPE
org-name:       Anton Legaev
org-type:       OTHER
address:        Ukraine, 61033, Kharkiv, Sadovo-Naveregnaja 21-1
abuse-mailbox:  angelesgower@inbox.com
phone:          +3.809287783621
mnt-ref:        OVH-MNT
mnt-by:         OVH-MNT
source:         RIPE # Filtered


Blocking access to this (small) IP range and/or these domains should offer some protection, although the best bet is to make sure that your user PCs are fully patched at all times.

"Changlog 10.2011" spam / efaxinok.ru

This spam leads to malware on efaxinok.ru:

Date:      Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:14:22 +0600
From:      "Contact" [customer-notification@ups.com]
Subject:      Re: Changlog 10.2011
Attachments:     changelog-212.htm

Good morning,

as promised changelog (Internet Explorer File)
The victim is enticed to click on the attachment which leads to a malicious payload on [donotclick]efaxinok.ru:8080/forum/links/column.php hosted on the following IPs:

202.180.221.186
203.80.16.81
208.87.243.131
216.24.196.66

These are the same IPs as used in this attack yesterday, and it forms part of a long-running malcious spam run which appears to have been going on forever. Of note, there's a new domain in this cluster of delemiator.ru which I haven't seen yet being used in a malicious spam run, but it probably will be.

Thursday, 22 November 2012

Facebook spam / ceredinopl.ru

This fake Facebook (or is it Habbo?) spam leads to malware on ceredinopl.ru:

Date:      Thu, 22 Nov 2012 01:30:38 -0700
From:      Habbo Hotel [auto-contact@habbo.com]
Subject:      You have notifications pending

facebook
Hi,
Here's some activity you may have missed on Facebook.
REFUGIA MERRILL has posted statuses, photos and more on Facebook.
Go To Facebook
   
See All Notifications
This message was sent to [redacted]. If you don't want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future or have your email address used for friend suggestions, please click: unsubscribe.

Facebook, Inc. Attention: Department 415 P.O Box 10005 Palo Alto CA 94303
The malicious payload is at [donotclick]ceredinopl.ru:8080/forum/links/column.php hosted on the following IPs:

202.180.221.186 (GNet, Mongolia)
203.80.16.81 (MYREN, Malaysia)
208.87.243.131 (Psychz Networks, US)
216.24.196.66 (Psychz Networks, US)

The following IPs and domains are all connected:
202.180.221.186
203.80.16.81
208.87.243.131
216.24.196.66
ceredinopl.ru
investinindia.ru
hamasutra.ru
feronialopam.ru
monacofrm.ru
bamanaco.ru
ionalio.ru
investomanio.ru
veneziolo.ru
fanatiaono.ru
analunakis.ru

Malware sites to block 22/11/12

This is part of a newish cluster of malware sites being promoted through finance related spam, spotted by GFI Labs here and on this blog here.

50.61.155.86 (Fortress ITX,US)
69.194.196.5 (Solar VPS, US)
70.42.74.152 (Nuclear Fallout Enterprises, US)
173.246.103.112 (Gandi, US)
192.155.83.186 (Linode, US)
192.155.83.191 (Linode, US)
198.74.53.207 (Linode, US)

Plain list of IPs and domains for copy-and-pasting:
 5.estasiatica.com
5.chinottoneri.com
6.grapainterfood.com
6.grapaimport.com
6.grapafood.com
6.pascesoir.net
50.61.155.86
69.194.196.5
70.42.74.152
173.246.103.112
192.155.83.186
192.155.83.191
198.74.53.207