"Scan from a HP ScanJet" spam / humaniopa.ru

This fake printer spam leads to malware on humaniopa.ru:

Date:      Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:57:54 -0500
From:      LinkedIn Connections [connections@linkedin.com]
Subject:      Scan from a HP ScanJet #928909620
Attachments:     Scanned_Document.htm

Attached document was scanned and sent

to you using a Hewlett-Packard HP Officejet 98278P.

Sent by: CHANG
Images : 5
Attachment Type: .HTM [INTERNET EXPLORER]

Hewlett-Packard Officejet Location: machine location not set

The attachment Scanned_Document.htm leads to malware on [donotclick]humaniopa.ru:8080/forum/links/column.php (report here) hosted on:
66.249.23.64 (Endurance International Group, US)
72.11.155.182 (OC3 Networks, US)
72.167.254.194 (GoDaddy, US)
95.211.154.196 (Leaseweb, Netherlands)

Blocklist:
66.249.23.64
72.11.155.182
72.167.254.194
95.211.154.196
hohohomaza.ru
hillaryklinton.ru
hinakinioo.ru
hillairusbomges.ru
humaniopa.ru
humarikanec.ru

"Bank of America" spam / PAYMENT RECEIPT 25-03-2013-GBK-74

This spam comes with a malicious EXE file in the archive PAYMENT RECEIPT 25-03-2013-GBK-74.zip

Date:      Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:50:18 +0300 [03/24/13 22:50:18 EDT]
From:      Bank of America [gaudilyl30@gmail.com]
Subject:      Your transaction is completed

Transaction is completed. $4924 has been successfully transferred.
If the transaction was made by mistake please contact our customer service.
Payment receipt is attached.

*** This is an automatically generated email, please do not reply ***
Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender Opens in new window
© 2013 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved 

Opening the ZIP file leads to an EXE caled PAYMENT RECEIPT 25-03-2013-GBK-74.EXE which has a pretty patchy detection rate on VirusTotal. Comodo CAMAS detects traffic to the domains seantit.ru  and programcam.ru hosted on:

59.99.226.54 (BSNL Internet, India)
66.248.200.143 (Avante Hosting Services / Dominic Lambie, US)
77.241.198.65 (VPSnet, Lithunia)
81.20.146.229 (GONetwork, Estonia)
103.14.8.20 (Symphony Communication, Thailand)

Plain list:
59.99.226.54
66.248.200.143
77.241.198.65
81.20.146.229
103.14.8.20


There are many more domains and IPs connected to this, I will post an update later.

Update:  most of the domains are dynamic IPs (scroll all the way down), so blocking them might be ineffective. However, these domains are all related to this malware:

Domains:
conficinskiy.ru
dnssharedfree.com
domainforru.ru
e-eleves.net
english-professional.net
exawiewdmkag.ru
free-onlinednsmy.com
gatovskiedelishki.ru
hostingooooold.com
internetkilo.com
letsgofit.net
mydkarsy.com
ndotgeforceare.com
nvufvwieg.com
oluros.ru
opticdyn.ru
programcam.ru
rodroofing.net
royalcanime.com
seantit.ru
secrettapez.com
secureaction120.com
startofinger.com
staticlike.com
stereomaxisky.com
stockanddraw.net   
szbests.ru
whatisgoodlife.com
verifikation-paypal.org   
wearneedlike.com
yapppi.net
zeouk-gt.com

IPs (for research purposes rather than blocking)
1.1.224.198
1.185.151.43
2.133.218.31
2.184.88.72
2.184.110.125
2.184.113.55
2.184.113.75
2.193.103.139
4.188.3.12
5.9.161.162
5.15.177.43
5.34.43.39
5.175.143.107
11.3.51.158
14.96.41.180
14.96.136.144
14.97.96.149
14.98.223.156
14.99.57.251
14.99.78.143
14.99.161.196
14.99.247.243
27.2.137.94
37.237.21.29
41.70.155.31
41.70.177.45
41.92.102.131
41.92.108.231
41.151.224.172
49.201.253.119
49.249.62.185
58.65.121.241
59.99.226.54
59.161.74.145
59.161.109.194
61.98.178.61
61.102.209.97
62.76.179.184
64.31.62.139
66.248.200.143
77.241.198.65
81.20.146.229
88.83.27.96
88.198.176.115
89.44.194.254
91.231.98.142
94.76.243.95
95.141.128.114
101.60.193.138
101.63.162.177
101.218.7.168
103.14.8.20
105.169.169.204
106.195.9.115
106.196.233.245
106.198.98.12
106.218.108.218
111.161.76.8
113.53.228.28
114.79.40.90
115.137.40.222
115.241.67.83
115.242.75.193
115.252.209.210
115.252.209.245
116.203.44.146
116.203.86.97
117.198.156.91
117.232.236.221
118.34.162.32
118.43.109.153
118.129.82.13
119.157.179.163
120.29.89.97
121.245.30.74
121.245.118.26
121.150.108.146
124.43.202.122
128.111.46.96
151.155.24.150
158.108.168.91
173.208.88.197
174.126.34.114
175.157.154.64
176.202.244.15
176.228.195.54
177.26.243.240
177.99.210.3
177.116.226.181
180.215.112.195
184.176.206.146
186.170.50.138
186.170.98.232
186.170.226.89
187.50.29.218
197.107.82.143
202.142.106.57
203.11.146.21
211.173.142.127
220.149.236.151

"Champions Club Community" / championsclubcommunity.com spam

Why these people bother sending me unsolicited email is a mystery... but in fact the so-called "Champions Club Community" is a bit of a mystery too..

From:     Simon Phillips - Champions Club [news@championsclubcommunity.com]
Reply-To:     contactus2@championsclubcommunity.com
Date:     24 March 2013 15:56
Subject:     March 2013 Newsletter

Email not displaying properly? View it online

CCC Logo



Hello and Welcome to this first newsletter from the revamped, overhauled and thoroughly revised Champions Club Community.

Our Vision hasn’t changed, we’re still here to help create One Global Family but, based on lots of feedback from our Community Ambassadors, our Purpose has been refined to “Inspiring and Enabling all people to make a difference in their lives and the lives of others.”  Or, to put it even more simply, we’re all here to “Go MAD”, where MAD stands for Make A Difference.

This month, our focus is on Homelessness with a number of articles and features highlighting this desperately sad and avoidable problem.

    Dianna Moylan asks – Homelesseness: Can we deal with it?
    Co-founder of CCC, Mark Insull reveals – I was Homeless, I know how it feels
    A Report on – Stop Homelessness, Sleep Easy Event

All of these are presented to inspire you to join in our campaign to end homelessness in the UK and Sign our e-Petition here.

Also featured in the magazine this month:

    This month’s Celebrated Do-Gooder – James Dyson
    Calling all Future Leaders – 5 x £10k bursaries available to all applicants.  If you think you have what it takes to lead our Community one day (or you know someone that does), then Read this Article and get in touch.
    Why I joined Champions Club Community – a series of four tales from our Ambassadors, three of whom have just recently joined us!  Welcome Chris, Kevin and Debs.

What’s Happening?  Some insights into what is going on inside CCC to keep you up to date.  Any questions / thoughts or ideas on how you might be able to help, please contact simon.phillips@championsclubcommunity.com

    Update from the MD including the imminent launch of our youth development programme, called The Leader In Me with Downside Fisher Youth Club.
    We partner with Virgin Giving to setup our £1 a month campaign.
    Work continues on the two major technical projects and Anne Cooper gives us a quick update – The GNB and the £1 a month campaign.

Well, that’s all we’ve got time for this time, there is a whole lot more inside the magazine.  Enjoy the read and do join in if you have a story to tell that will inspire others to Make A Difference!

Kind regards,

Simon

Simon Phillips – MD, Champions Club Community

Champions Club Community
Registered Office: 70 Royal Hill, London SE10 8RF

First of all let's be clear - I have never solicited any communications from these people, but they have been sending me spam since at least 2010.

So the Champions Club Community is a charity? Actually, it is.. registered as charity 1145253. What does this charity actually do? Because it is a registered charity, we can check out its activities on the Charities Commission website here. So, how much did it contribute to charity in 2012?

From an awesome income of £150, this so-called charity expended.. well, let's not beat about the bush here. Fuck all. Not a penny. Nothing. OK, to be fair I haven't received a spam from them since 2011, so perhaps they have been keeping a low profile.

Let's have a a quick look at the web site traffic. According to Alexa (not the most reliable thing but bear with me), the website championsclubcommunity.com is the 1,710,736th most popular site in the world, reaching out to 0.000053% of the world's internet population. By comparison, even a humble low-traffic site like dynamoo.com is ranked 596,722nd with the giddy heights of 0.00031% of the world visiting it. That's about six times the traffic for a blog that is basically about spam.

There's also an associated limited company called Champions Club Community (Trading) Ltd (company number 06243285, formerly called T.S.G.M. Ltd), set up by the charity's founders, Mark Insull and Guy Insull. According to the financial records I have seen, this company has struggled to stay afloat.

So, if like me you are staring at this spam wondering if it's a scam or not.. well, it seems to be genuine. But as a charity the Champions Club Community looks like an abject failure. If you are feeling charitable, then why not try the DEC instead.. at least that actually makes donations to those in need.

Changelog spam / hohohomaza.ru

Evil changelog spam episode 274, leading to malware on hohohomaza.ru. Hohoho indeed.

Date:      Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:06:48 -0430
From:      Hank Sears via LinkedIn [member@linkedin.com]
Subject:      Fwd: Changelog as promised (upd.)

Hello,

as promised changelog - View

L. HENDRICKS

The malware landing page is at [donotclick]hohohomaza.ru:8080/forum/links/column.php (report here) hosted on:
50.22.0.2 (Softlayer / Monday Sessions Media, US)
66.249.23.64  (Endurance International Group, US)
80.246.62.143 (Alfahosting / Host Europe, Germany)

Blocklist:
50.22.0.2
66.249.23.64
80.246.62.143
hillaryklinton.ru
hohohomaza.ru
hillairusbomges.ru
hentaimusika.ru
himalayaori.ru
hiskintako.ru
heelicotper.ru
hinpoka.ru

Wire Transfer spam / dataprocessingservice-alerts.com

This fake Wire Transfer spam leads to malware on dataprocessingservice-alerts.com:

Date:      Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:42:22 -0600
From:      support@digitalinsight.com
Subject:      Terminated Wire Transfer Notification - Ref: 54133

Immediate Transfers Processing Service

STATUS Notification
The following wire transfer has been submitted for approval. Please visit this link to review the transaction details (ref '54133' submitted by user '[redacted]' ).
TRANSACTION SUMMARY:

Initiated By: [redacted]

Initiated Date & Time: 2013-03-21 4:00:46 PM PST

Reference Number: 54133

For addidional info visit this link

The payload is at [donotclick]dataprocessingservice-alerts.com/kill/chosen_wishs_refuses-limits.php  (report here) hosted on:

24.111.157.113 (Midcontinent Media, US)
58.26.233.175 (TMNet, Malaysia)
155.239.247.247 (Centurion Telkom, South Africa)

Blocklist:
24.111.157.113
58.26.233.175
155.239.247.247
bestffriendquotes.com
buxarsurf.net
buyersusaremote.net
cyberage-poker.net
dataprocessingservice-alerts.com
fenvid.com
heavygear.net
hotels-guru.net
neo-webnet.com
openhouseexpert.net
picturesofdeath.net
plussestotally.biz
rockbandsongs.net
teenlocal.net
webpageparking.net

Zendesk "An important notice about security" spam / vagh.ru / pillshighest.com

This unusual spam leads to a fake pharma site on pillshighest.com via vagh.ru and an intermediate hacked site.

Date:      Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:52:08 -0700
From:      Support Team [pinbot@schwegler.com]
To:      [redacted]
Subject:      An important notice about security

We recently learned that the vendor we use to answer support requests and other emails (Zendesk) experienced a security breach.

We're sending you this email because we received or answered a message from you using Zendesk. Unfortunately your name, email address and subject line of your message were improperly accessed during their security breach. To help keep your account secure, please:

    Don't share your password. We will never send you an email asking for your password. If you get an email like this, please let us know right away.
    Beware of suspicious emails. If you get any emails that look like they're from our Support Team but don't feel right, please let us know - especially if they include details about your support request.
    Use a strong password. If your password is weak, you can create a new one.

We're really sorry this happened, and we'll keep working with law enforcement and our vendors to ensure your information is protected.

Support Team


Questions? See our FAQ.

This email was sent to [redacted].

�2013 Zendesk, Inc. | All Rights Reserved

Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions

There appears to be no malware involved in this attack. After the user has clicked through to the hacked site (in this case [donotclick]www.2001hockey.com/promo/page/ - report here) the victim is bounced to [donotclick]vagh.ru on 193.105.210.212 (FOP Budko Dmutro Pavlovuch, Ukraine) and then on to [donotclick]pillshighest.com on 91.217.53.30 (Fanjcom, Czech Republic).

Some IPs and domains you might want to block:
91.217.53.30
193.105.210.212
abolade_lillian.rbluhozq.com
andycolley1.rbluhozq.com
cre8aworld.rbluhozq.com
deanna_ware.rbluhozq.com
diane.iverson.rbluhozq.com
j_minchey.rbluhozq.com
jackie.rbluhozq.com
jenkoto.rbluhozq.com
jjlock100.rbluhozq.com
jude256.rbluhozq.com
karenjbentley.rbluhozq.com
krister66.rbluhozq.com
lmatthews.rbluhozq.com
longhorn_97.rbluhozq.com
marcbigelow.rbluhozq.com
marijuanapillsmedical.com
migraineskiherbal.net
mram0523.rbluhozq.com
ns1.vtinodrutry.com
ns2.vtinodrutry.com
pillcarney.com
pillshighest.com
prescriptiondrugwalgreens.com
rjrepp.rbluhozq.com
sophie.ashcroft.rbluhozq.com
storyfullscreen.com
streetinsiderpharmhealth.com
supplementspillherbal.com
tabletlevipad.com
tabletspillspharmacy.ru
vagh.ru
vtinodrutry.com

Changelog spam / hillairusbomges.ru

This fake changelog spam leads to malware on hillairusbomges.ru:

Date:      Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:01:59 -0500 [04:01:59 EDT]
From:      LinkedIn Email Confirmation [emailconfirm@linkedin.com]
Subject:      Re: Changelog Oct.

Good morning,
as prmised updated changelog - View

L. LOYD

The malicious payload is at [donotclick]hillairusbomges.ru:8080/forum/links/column.php (report here) hosted on:
50.22.0.2 (Softlayer / Monday Sessions Media, US)
66.249.23.64 (Endurance International Group, US)
188.165.202.204 (OVH, France)

Blocklist:
50.22.0.2
66.249.23.64
188.165.202.204
gxnaika.ru
hentaimusika.ru
forumla.ru
gulivaerinf.ru
foruminanki.ru
heelicotper.ru
forumny.ru
hillairusbomges.ru
hillaryklinton.ru
hinpoka.ru
hifnsiiip.ru

Facebook spam / scriptuserreported.org

This Facebook spam has undergone some sort of failure during construction, revealing some of the secrets of how these messages are constructed. It leads to malware on scriptuserreported.org:

Date:      Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:56:28 -0500
From:      Facebook [update+oi=MKW63Z@facebookmail.com]
Subject:      John Jenkins commented photo of you.

facebook
   
John Jenkins commented on {l5}.
reply to this email to comment on this photo.
see comment
this message was sent to {mailto_username}@{mailto_domain}. if you don't want to receive these emails from facebook in the future, please unsubscribe.

facebook, inc., attention: department 415, po box 1000{digit}, palo alto, ca 9{digit}3{digit}

The malicious payload is at [donotclick]scriptuserreported.org/close/keys-importance-mention.php hosted on 5.39.37.31 and there are no surprises that this is OVH in France.. but wait a minute because this is in a little suballocated block thusly:

inetnum:        5.39.37.24 - 5.39.37.31
netname:        n2p3DoHost
descr:          DoHost n2 p3
country:        FR
admin-c:        OTC2-RIPE
tech-c:         OTC2-RIPE
status:         ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:         OVH-MNT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

Let's start with the server at 5.39.37.31 which is distributing the Blackhole Exploit Kit (report here). This server also hosts the following potentially malicious domains:
pesteringpricelinecom.net
resolveconsolidate.net
scriptuserreported.org
provingmoa.com

Go back a few IPs to 5.39.37.28 and there is are a couple of work-at-home scam sites:
workhomeheres01.com
workhomeheres02.com

There's also a work-at-home scam on 5.39.37.24:
makeworkhome12.pl

5.39.37.26 appears to be hosting a control panel for the Neutrino Exploit kit:
myadminspanels.info
supermyadminspanels.info

So you can pretty much assume that 5.39.37.24/29 is a sewer and you should block the lot. Who is n2p3DoHost? Well, I don't know.. but there's one more clue at 5.39.37.29 which is the domain rl-host.net. The WHOIS details for rl-host.net are anonymised, but on the day of registration were:

    Queste Julien
    Email:julien@queste.fr
    50 rue Arthur lamendin
    62330 isbergues
    France
    Tel: +33.649836105

Does M. Queste own this /29? If he does, then it looks like he has some very bad customers..

Minimum blocklist:
5.39.37.31
pesteringpricelinecom.net
resolveconsolidate.net
scriptuserreported.org
provingmoa.com

Recommended blocklist:
5.39.37.24/29
makeworkhome12.pl
myadminspanels.info
supermyadminspanels.info
workhomeheres01.com
workhomeheres02.com
rl-host.net
pesteringpricelinecom.net
resolveconsolidate.net
scriptuserreported.org
provingmoa.com