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Tuesday 15 December 2015

Malware spam: "Invoice for Voucher ACH-2-197701-35" / "Reservations [res@affordablecarhire.com]"

This fake financial spam does not come from Affordable Car Hire but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From:    Reservations [res@affordablecarhire.com]
Date:    15 December 2015 at 11:50
Subject:    Invoice for Voucher ACH-2-197701-35


Affordable Car Hire
     
Payment Link For BookingACH-2-197701-35
 
 
Please find attached your invoice for reservation number ACH-2-197701-35
 

 
This email was sent on 14/12/2015 at 16:25
 



ACH-2-197701-35-invoice.xls
116K

I have only seen a single sample, with an attachment ACH-2-197701-35-invoice.xls which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 3/54. According to this Malwr report, it downloads a malicious binary from:

usahamanfaat.com/8iy45323f/i87645y3t23.exe

The payload here is the Dridex banking trojan, and it is identical to the one found in this spam run.

Malware spam: "Order PS007XX20000584" / "Nicola Hogg [NHogg@pettywood.co.uk]"

This rather brief spam does not come from Petty Wood but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:
From:    Nicola Hogg [NHogg@pettywood.co.uk]
Date:    15 December 2015 at 10:14
Subject:    Order PS007XX20000584
There is no body text, but instead there is an attachment PS007XX20000584 - Confirmation with Photos.DOC which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 5/55 and it contains a malicious macro [pastebin] which (according to this Malwr report) downloads a binary from:

kutschfahrten-friesenexpress.de/8iy45323f/i87645y3t23.exe

There are probably other version of the document with different download locations. This malicious executable has a detection rate of 2/54 and between them these three reports [1] [2] [3] indicate malicious traffic to:

199.7.136.84 (Megawire Inc, Canada)
221.132.35.56 (Ho Chi Minh City Post And Telecom Company, Vietnam)


The payload here is likely to be the Dridex banking trojan.

MD5s:
8b288305733214f8e0d95386d886af2d
f9c00d3db5fa6cd33bc3cd5a08766ad0


Recommended blocklist:
199.7.136.84
221.132.35.56

Malware spam: "Reference Number #89044096, Notice of Unpaid Invoice" leads to Teslacrypt

This fake financial spam comes with a malicious attachment.

From:    Carol Mcgowan
Date:    15 December 2015 at 09:09
Subject:    Reference Number #89044096, Notice of Unpaid Invoice

Dear Valued Customer,

It seems that your account has a past due balance of $263,49. Previous attempts to collect the outstanding amount have failed.

Please remit $263,49 from invoice #89044096 within three days or your account will be closed, any outstanding orders will be cancelled and this matter will be referred to a collection agency.

The payment notice is enclosed to the letter down below.

Attached is a file invoice_89044096_scan.doc which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 2/54, and which contains this malicious macro [pastebin] which attempts to download a binary from the following location:

thewelltakeberlin.com/92.exe 

This domain was registered only today, and at the moment is not resolving properly. The payload here is likely to be Teslacrypt.

The WHOIS details for it are:

Registrant Name: Quinciano Huerta
Registrant Organization: Quinciano Huerta
Registrant Street: Vila Fonteles 163  
Registrant City: Fortaleza
Registrant State/Province: CE
Registrant Postal Code: 60741-080
Registrant Country: BR
Registrant Phone: +55.8568257712
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: wexel@thewelltakeberlin.com


Nameservers are dns1.saymylandgoodbye.in and dns2.saymylandgoodbye.in hosted on 5.178.71.5 (Serverius, Netherlands) and 83.69.233.102 (Awax Telecom, Russia)

Those two IPs host or have recently hosted the following potentially malicious domains:

buildites.com
dauth-mail.ru
ddonaldducks.in
directly-success.com
dmikymaus.in
dsaymylandgoodbye.in
dsoftextrain644.com
gammus.com
hackeroff.net
kalamarkesof.org
linuxczar.com
metiztransport.ru
miracleworld1.com
obamalox.com
outreel.ru
pro100now.ru
rapdacity.ru
remarkablyxj.top
staringpartnerk.com
sufficientbe.top
superiorityci.top
trillionstudio.com
vmark.su
workcccbiz.in

Recommended minimum blocklist:
thewelltakeberlin.com
83.69.233.102
5.178.71.5

UPDATE
There is a good analysis of this malware at TechHelpList including the C2 domains involved.

Monday 14 December 2015

Malware spam: "Israel Burke" / "BCP Transportation, Inc."

This fake invoice comes with a malicious attachment:
From:    Israel Burke [BurkeIsrael850@business.telecomitalia.it]
Date:    14 December 2015 at 15:00
Subject:    Israel Burke

Dear Customer:

Attached please find an invoice(s) for payment.  Please let us know if you have any questions.

We greatly appreciate your business!

Israel Burke
BCP Transportation, Inc.
I have only seen one sample of this, it is possible that the company name and sender names are randomly generated. The attachment in this case was named invoice_scan_76926455.doc and has a detection rate of 3/55.

Despite the name, this is not a Word document but is an XML document [pastebin] containing ActiveMIME data. The Malwr report for this indicates network traffic to:

109.234.34.224 (McHost.Ru, Russia)
80.96.150.201 (SC-Nextra Telecom SRL, Romania)


That Malwr report shows a dropped binary named qqqew.exe which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 5/55.

I am not certain of the payload, but I suspect that this Word document is dropping Upatre leading to the Dyre banking trojan.

MD5s:
a81a19478dbe13778f06191cf39c8143
5b1db9050cc44db3a99b50a5ba9d902a


Recommended blocklist:
109.234.34.224
80.96.150.201


Malware spam: "Your order #12345678" / "11 Money Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15226"

This fake financial spam leads to malware:

From:    Giuseppe Sims
Date:    14 December 2015 at 14:19
Subject:    Your order #25333445

Dear Valued Customer,

This letter was sent to you as a formal notice that you are obligated to repay our company the sum of 2,760$ which was advanced to you from our company on October 16, 2015.
Please, find the invoice enclosed down below.

This amount must be repaid until the date of maturity to payment obligation, December 28, 2015 and you have failed to repay our company the same despite repeated requests for this payment.

Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter. We look forward to your remittance. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,
Giuseppe Sims
11 Money Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15226
The sender's name is randomly-generated but is always female. Also random are the order number and value, and there is an attachment in the format invoice_12345678_scan.zip that matches the reference in the document.

Inside that ZIP file is a uniquely generated .JS file in the format invoice_XXXXXX.js or invoice_copy_XXXXXX.js which is highly obfuscated (like this) and deobfuscates to something like this.

The various versions of the macro attempts to download a binary from the following location:

miracleworld1.com/80.exe?1

I cannot get this to resolve at the moment, it turns out that the domain was only registered today.

Domain Name:miracleworld1.com
Registry Domain ID:
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.webnic.cc
Registrar URL: webnic.cc
Updated Date:2015-12-14 21:24:21
Creation Date:2015-12-14 21:21:12
Registrar Registration Expiration Date:2016-12-14 13:21:11
Registrar:WEBCC
Registrar IANA ID:460
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:compliance_abuse@webnic.cc
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:+603 8996 6799
Domain Status:Active
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name:Eliisa Laukkanen
Registrant Organization:Eliisa Laukkanen
Registrant Street:Etelaesplanadi 89
Registrant City:Ingermaninkyla
Registrant State/Province:Ingermaninkyla
Registrant Postal Code:07810
Registrant Country:FI
Registrant Phone:+358.0460879234
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:+358.0460879234
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email:bomb@miracleworld1.com
I think they started spamming before the domain records could be pushed out fully. Shame.

Nameservers are DNS1.DONALDDUCKS.IN and DNS2.DONALDDUCKS.IN on 93.189.42.21 (NTCOM, Russia) and 178.33.200.177 (Dmitry Shestakov, Belize / OVH, France) respectively.

Looking at the nameservers, I can see that the following malicious domains are part of the same cluster, and I recommend you block all of them:

gammus.com
miracleworld1.com
soft2webextrain.com


Although I have not been able to acquire the payload, it is almost definitely Teslacrypt.

UPDATE

An updated version of the script is being spammed out that looks like this when deobfuscated. This attempts to download Teslacrypt from the following URLs:

firstwetakemanhat.com/91.exe?1
miracleworld1.com/91.exe?1


This has a detection rate of 4/55. firstwetakemanhat.com was registered just today and is hosted on:


193.150.0.78 (PE Govoruhin Vitaliy Sergeevich, Russia)
84.200.69.60 (Ideal-Hosting UG, Germany)



Nameservers are DNS1.GOGODNS.RU and DNS2.GOGODNS.RU which are hosted on the same two IPs.

The Malwr report shows more details, however this is my recommended blocklist (updated):
193.150.0.78
84.200.69.60 
gammus.com
miracleworld1.com
soft2webextrain.com

firstwetakemanhat.com

Malware spam: "Invoice 14 12 15" / "THUNDERBOLTS LIMITED [enquiries@thunderbolts.co.uk]"

This terse fake financial spam is not from the awesomely-named Thunderbolts Limited but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:
From:    THUNDERBOLTS LIMITED [enquiries@thunderbolts.co.uk]
Date:    14 December 2015 at 11:15
Subject:    Invoice 14 12 15

This message contains 2 pages in PDF format.
Curiously, the bad guys have gone as far as to include a fake header to make it look like a fax:

X-Mailer: ActiveFax 3.92
 
Attached is a file fax00163721.xls which is fairly obviously not a PDF document. So far I have seen two versions of this with a detection rate of 6/55 [1] [2] and which these Malwr reports [3] [4] indicate download a malicious binary from:

exfabrica.org/437g8/43s5d6f7g.exe
test-cms.reactive.by/437g8/43s5d6f7g.exe


This binary has a detection rate of 0/54. That VirusTotal report and this Hybrid Analysis both show traffic to:

199.7.136.84 (Megawire, Canada)

This malware is likely to be Dridex. Given that it is similar to the one found here,  I would recommend blocking network traffic to:

199.7.136.84
221.132.35.56
202.69.40.173
78.47.66.169


MD5s:
a0de2560362cc6dfc53d1cd5ff50559b
bd22c4b0b6996a8405b2d33696e1e71e
b1fff594a8877042efd0ed4d67f6feb6




Malware spam: "Scan from a Samsung MFP" / "Gareth Evans [gareth@cardiffgalvanizers.co.uk]"

This fake scanned document does not come from Cardiff Galvanizers but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.
From:    Gareth Evans [gareth@cardiffgalvanizers.co.uk]
Date:    14 December 2015 at 10:43
Subject:    FW: Scan from a Samsung MFP

Regards

Gareth

-----Original Message-----

Please open the attached document. It was scanned and sent to you using a
Samsung MFP. For more information on Samsung products and solutions, please
visit http://www.samsungprinter.com.


This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com
I have seen just a single sample of this, named Untitled_14102015_154510.doc and with a VirusTotal detection rate of 7/54. It contains a malicious macro [pastebin] which according to this Malwr report downloads a malicious binary from:

test1.darmo.biz/437g8/43s5d6f7g.exe

There will probably be other versions of the document downloading from the same location. The binary has a VirusTotal detection rate of 1/54. Those two reports plus this Hybrid Analysis indicate network traffic to the following malicious IPs:

199.7.136.84 (Megawire, Canada)
221.132.35.56 (Ho Chi Minh City Post And Telecom Company, Vietnam)
202.69.40.173 (Gerrys Information Technology (PVT) Ltd, Pakistan)
78.47.66.169 (Hetzner, Germany)


The payload is likely to be the Dridex banking trojan.

MD5s:
dcb019624fb8e92eb26adf2bef77d46c
21781d7e2969bd9676492c407a3da1cc


Recommended blocklist:
199.7.136.84
221.132.35.56
202.69.40.173
78.47.66.169



Friday 11 December 2015

Malware sites and evil networks to block (2015-12-11)

This group of domains and IPs are related to this Teslacrypt attack, sharing infrastructure with some of the malicious domains in question. In addition to Teslacrypt, some of these are connected with PoSeidon, Pony and Gozi malware.

The analysis [csv] includes SURBL and Google ratings, ISP information and a recommended blocklist.

Malicious domains:
auth-mail.ru
blagooooossss.com
brostosoosossss.com
chromedoors.ru
debatelocator.ru
ggergregre.com
growthtoys.ru
hagurowrob.ru
hedtheresran.ru
listfares.ru
littmahedtbo.ru
mikymaus.in
mytorsmired.ru
poponkia.com
soft2webextrain.com
softextrain64.com
softextrain644.com
toftevenghertbet.ru
wordlease.ru
workcccbiz.in

Partly or wholly malicious IPs:
46.166.168.106
80.87.202.52
96.8.119.3
104.232.34.141
149.202.234.190
176.103.48.223
185.18.53.247
185.118.64.182

Recommended blocklist:
46.166.168.64/26 (Duomenu Centras, UA)
80.87.202.0/24 (JSC Server, RU)
96.8.119.0/27 (New Wave NetConnect, US)
104.232.34.128/27 (Net3 Inc, US)
149.202.234.188/30 (OVH / Dmitry Shestakov, BZ)
176.103.48.0/20 (PE Ivanov Vitaliy Sergeevich, UA)
185.18.53.247 (Fornex Hosting, NL)
185.118.64.176/28 (CloudSol LLC, Russia)

I've blocked traffic to 176.103.48.0/20 for two years with no ill-effects, it seems to be a particularly bad network. There may be a few legitimate sites hosted in these ranges, they would mostly be Russian.. so if you don't usually visit Russian websites then the collateral damage might be acceptable.

Malware spam: "Invoice #66626337/BA2DEB0F" leads to Teslacrypt

I have only seen one sample of this fake invoice spam, so it is possible that the invoice references and sender names are randomly generated.

From:    Jarvis Miranda
Date:    11 December 2015 at 08:25
Subject:    Invoice #66626337/BA2DEB0F

Dear Client,

Our finance department has processed your payment, unfortunately it has been declined.
Please, double check the information provided in the invoice down below and confirm your details.

Thank you for understanding.
In the sample I saw, the attached file was named SCAN_invoice_66626337.zip which contained a malicious javascript [pastebin] with a VirusTotal detection rate of 5/54. When deobfuscated it becomes a bit clearer that it is trying to download a binary from:

soft2webextrain.com/87.exe?1
46.151.52.231/87.exe?1


This behaviour can be seen in these automated reports [1] [2]. The downloaded executable has a detection rate of 6/55 and an MD5 of 56214f61a768c64e003b68bae7d67cd2. This Malwr report gives a clearer indication of what the binary is doing, attempting to pull information from:

kochstudiomaashof.de

The screenshots indicate clearly that this is ransomware, specifically Teslacrypt.

Note that the soft2webextrain.com domain is on the same server as softextrain64.com seen yesterday, so 185.118.64.182 (CloudSol LLC, Russia) can be considered to be malicious.


UPDATE
I didn't spot originally that the "soft2webextrain.com" website is multhomed with another IP address on 149.202.234.190 which is an OVH IP allocated to a customer "Dmitry Shestakov" an which forms a small block of 149.202.234.188/30 which is probably also worth blocking.

UPDATE 2
I made an error with one of the IP addresses and specified 185.118.64.183 and it should have been 185.118.64.182.

Recommended blocklist:
185.118.64.182
149.202.234.188/30
46.151.52.231
kochstudiomaashof.de

Thursday 10 December 2015

Malware spam: "Order 311286 Acknowledged" / "sales@touchstonelighting.co.uk"

This fake financial spam does not come from Touchstone Lighting but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From:    sales@touchstonelighting.co.uk
Date:    10 December 2015 at 12:02
Subject:    Order 311286 Acknowledged

There is no body text. Attached is a malicious Word document Order Acknowledgement.doc which appears to be exactly the same as the payload used for this spam run.

Malware spam: "STMT ACWL-15DEC12-120106" / "accounts@mamsoft.co.uk [statements@mamsoft.co.uk]"

This fake financial email does not come from MAM Software but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From:    accounts@mamsoft.co.uk [statements@mamsoft.co.uk]
Date:    10 December 2015 at 11:35
Subject:    STMT ACWL-15DEC12-120106

The following are attached to this email:
XACWL-15DEC12-120106.DOC
Attached is a file XACWL-15DEC12-120106.DOC which I have only seen one variant of so far, with a VirusTotal detection rate of 6/54. According to the Malwr analysis, it downloads a file from:

life.1pworks.com/76t7h/76gjk.exe

There will probably be other versions of the document with different download locations. This executable has a detection rate of 2/54 and according to this Malwr report it contacts:

136.145.86.27 (University Of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico)

Other analysis is pending, in the meantime I recommend that you block traffic to that IP. The payload is probably the Dridex banking trojan.

MD5s:
6e8f48e7d53ac2c8f7b863078e9050b2
fbf7c8c4f90fcfdf284c3624d6baedf7

Malware spam: "Foreman&Clark Ltd" / "Last Payment Notice" leads to Teslacrypt

This fake financial spam does not come from the long-defunct Foreman & Clark, but instead it comes with a malicious attachment that leads to ransomware.
From:    Harlan Gardner
Date:    10 December 2015 at 08:48
Subject:    Reference Number #20419955, Last Payment Notice

Dear Client,

This e-mail is pursuant to your contract with Foreman&Clark Ltd. for our services date November 15, 2015 for the amount of $8,151.
Your failure to pay as per the December 1, 2015 invoice equals to the breach of our contract.

Please, acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail within three business days. Please, make your payment to the corresponding account, stated in the invoice attached no later than January 2, 2016.
In case you fail to respond to this e-mail we well be compelled to pursue all the necessary legal actions.

Thank you beforehand for your attention to this case.
Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Sincerely,
Harlan Gardner
Sales Manager

Foreman&Clark Ltd.
256 Raccoon RunSeattle,
WA 98101

In the sample I saw, the attachment was named copy_invoice_20419955.zip which contained this malicious obfuscated script which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 2/55. When deobfuscated it becomes a bit clearer as to what it does, with an attempted download from:

46.151.52.196/86.exe?1
softextrain64.com/86.exe?1


This pattern is the same as the spam run yesterday. The downloaded binary has an MD5 of 42b27f4afd1cca0f5dd2130d3829a6bc, a detection rate of 5/55 and the Malwr report indicates that it pulls data from the following domains:

graysonacademy.com
grassitup.com
grupograndes.com
crown.essaudio.pl
garrityasphalt.com
gjesdalbrass.no


The characteristics of this malware indicate the Teslacrypt ransomware.

Recommended blocklist:
46.151.52.196
softextrain64.com
gjesdalbrass.no
graysonacademy.com
grassitup.com
grupograndes.com
crown.essaudio.pl
garrityasphalt.com

Wednesday 9 December 2015

Fake "Fretter Inc" spam leads to Teslacrypt ransomware

This email claims to be from the long-dead retailer Fretter Inc, but it is not. Instead it comes with a malicious attachment leading to the Teslacrypt ransomware.

From:    Tonia Graves [GravesTonia8279@ikom.rs]
Date:    9 December 2015 at 14:50
Subject:    Your order #11004118 - Corresponding Invoice #B478192D

Dear Valued Customer,

We are pleased to inform you that your order #11004118 has been processed and ready to be dispatched. However, according to our records, above mentioned invoice is still unpaid.
We would highly appreciate if you sent your payment promptly. For your information, don't hesitate to check the invoice enclosed to this letter or contact us directly.
In case if you have already sent your payment, please disregards this letter and kindly allow us up to 3 business days to clear the incoming payment.

We look forward to your remittance and will the dispatch the goods.

Thank you for choosing our services we sincerely hope to continue doing business with you again.

Sincerely,
Tonia Graves


Sales Department Manager
Fretter Inc.
2715 Sycamore Road
Nyssa, OR 97913
There sender's name and the reference numbers change in each version. Attached is a file copy_invoice_11004118.zip which in turn contains a malicious script [VT 5/54] which in the sample I investigated was named invoice_iU9A2Y.js. When deofuscated it looks like this.

The Malwr report for that script shows it downloading from:

softextrain64.com/86.exe?1

The script itself shows an alternate location of:

46.151.52.197/86.exe?1

This has a VirusTotal detection rate of 3/55. A Malwr report on just the executable plus this Hybrid Analysis report shows it connecting to:

gjesdalbrass.no

It also tries to identify the IP address of the host by connecting to http://myexternalip.com/raw which is a benign service that you might consider to be a good indicator of compromise.

You can see in the screenshots of that Malwr report that this is ransomware, specifically Teslacrypt.

Recommended blocklist:
gjesdalbrass.no
softextrain64.com
46.151.52.197

Tuesday 8 December 2015

Malware spam: "EXB (UK) Ltd Invoice" / "Sales [sales@exbuk.co.uk]"

This fake financial spam does not come from EXB (UK) Ltd but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From:    Sales [sales@exbuk.co.uk]
Date:    8 December 2015 at 12:03
Subject:    EXB (UK) Ltd Invoice

Dear Sirs,

Please find attached our invoice, Thank you for your order

Best Wishes

EXB (UK) Ltd
Attached is a Word document named Invoice 1195288 from EXB (UK) Limited.doc which comes in at least three different versions (VirusTotal results [1] [2] [3]) and which contain a complex macro [pastebin] that fails to run in automated analysis tools [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9].

The payload (if it works) is likely to be the Dridex banking trojan.

UPDATE
According to the comments on this post plus some other sources, the macros in these documents download from:

cabezasdealambre.eu/76re459/98uy76t.exe
mfmanastacio.com/76re459/98uy76t.exe
216.119.110.104/76re459/98uy76t.exe


That payload is identical to the one found in this earlier spam run.

Malware spam: "Updated Statement - 2323191" / "David Lawale [David.Lawale@buildbase.co.uk]"

This fake financial spam does not come from Buildbase but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.


From:    David Lawale [David.Lawale@buildbase.co.uk]
Date:    8 December 2015 at 10:58
Subject:    Updated Statement - 2323191

Hi,

Please find attached copy updated statement as your account has 3 overdue incoices. Is there any reasons why they haven’t yet been paid?

Kind Regards

David

David Lawale | Credit Controller | Buildbase
Harvey Road, Basildon, Essex, SS13 1QJ
www.buildbase.co.uk


Attached is a file 151124142451_0001.xls which I have seen come in two versions so far (VirusTotal results [1] [2]). Analysis of this malware is pending, but it most likely leads to the Dridex banking trojan.

UPDATE 1
Automated analysis is inconclusive [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]. It is possible that there is an error in the macro.

UPDATE 2
According to the comments in this post and also some other sources, the the macros download from:

gulteknoofis.com/76re459/98uy76t.exe
kinderdeszorns.de/76re459/98uy76t.exe
agencjareklamowalodz.com/76re459/98uy76t.exe


This has a detection rate of 4/55. According to these reports [1] [2] [3] and other sources, the malware phones home to:

216.189.52.147 (High Speed Web/Genesis 2 Networks, US)
23.113.113.105 (AT&T, US)
221.132.35.56 (Ho Chi Minh City Post and Telecom Company, Vietnam)
78.47.66.169 (Hetzner, Germany)


MD5s:
0316dbd20fbfd5a098cd8af384ca950f
1b4283c8531653a5156911be1e6535
5a2140f864d98949d44945500a7d18
6ce6e2b915688f2b474e65813dc361


Recommended blocklist:
216.189.52.147
23.113.113.105
221.132.35.56
78.47.66.169



Monday 7 December 2015

Malware spam: "Your receipt from Apple Store, Manchester Arndale" / "manchesterarndale@apple.com"

This fake receipt does not come from an Apple Store, but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From:    manchesterarndale@apple.com
Date:    7 December 2015 at 09:43
Subject:    Your receipt from Apple Store, Manchester Arndale

Thank you for shopping at the Apple Store.

To tell us about your experience, click here.
Attached is a file emailreceipt_20150130R2155644709.xls which in the sample I analysed has a VirusTotal detection rate of 6/53.

According to this Malwr report, the attachment downloads a malicious binary from:

steveyuhas.com/~steveyuhas/87tr65/43wedf.exe

This has a VirusTotal detection rate of precisely zero.  Those reports indicate network traffic to:

23.113.113.105 (AT&T Internet Services, US)

This is the same IP as seen in this earlier spam run, and I strongly recommend that you block it. The payload is likely to be the Dridex banking trojan.

Malware spam: "Transglobal Express - Shipping Documentation (TG-1569311)" / "sales@transglobalexpress.co.uk"

This fake shipping spam does not come from Transglobal Express but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.
From:    sales@transglobalexpress.co.uk
Date:    7 December 2015 at 09:28
Subject:    Transglobal Express - Shipping Documentation (TG-1569311)


Transglobal Express
_______________________________

Your Shipping Documentation for - TG-1569311

ORDER SUMMARY

Booking Ref:
TG-1569311
Destination Country:
UK
Service:
UPS Express Saver
Collection date:
04/12/2015
Your Shipping Label (Air Waybill)
Please find your Shipping Label for the above order attached.
  1. Print two copies of your label(s). Securely attach one copy to your parcel and give one to the UPS driver upon collection.
  2. Please use the label(s) we have provided to avoid any unwanted billing complications with UPS.
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1569311-1Z2X12A50495162278.doc
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Attached is a file 1569311-1Z2X12A50495162278.doc which in the samples I have seen has a detection rate of 7/55 and which contains this malicious macro [pastebin]. According to this Malwr report, the macro downloads a binary from:

www.lama.rs/87tr65/43wedf.exe

This has a VirusTotal detection rate of just 1/54. Those two reports plus this Hybrid Analysis indicate network traffic to:

23.113.113.105 (AT&T Internet Services, US)

I strongly recommend that you block traffic to that IP. The payload here is almost definitely the Dridex banking trojan.

MD5s:
fd7b410fd7936dd51c4b72ef4047c639
b55d33d92aa95d563e13c57c3bfc2dfe







afdsafadsfd

Thursday 3 December 2015

Malware spam: "ICM - Invoice #2393" / "Industrial Cleaning Materials (ICM)" [sales@icmsupplies.co.uk]

This fake financial spam does not come from Industrial Cleaning Materials but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From     "Industrial Cleaning Materials (ICM)" [sales@icmsupplies.co.uk]
Date     Thu, 03 Dec 2015 18:22:34 +0700
Subject     ICM - Invoice #2393

Dear Customer,

Please find invoice 2393 attached.

Kind Regards,
ICM

Industrial Cleaning Materials
Unit 19 Highlode Ind Est
Stocking Fen Road
Ramsey
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE26 2RB

Tel: 01487 800011
fax 01487 812075
I have seen two version of the attachment order_2393.doc with VirusTotal results of 2/54 [1] [2] and the Malwr reports [3] [4] show that they download a component from:

www.ofenrohr-thermometer.de/u5y432/h54f3.exe
ante-prima.com/u5y432/h54f3.exe


This has a VirusTotal detection rate of 1/53. The payload appears to be the same as the one in this spam run earlier today and looks like the Dridex banking trojan.


Malware spam: "Invoice from DATANET the Private Cloud Solutions Company" / "Holly Humphreys [Holly.Humphreys@datanet.co.uk]"

This fake financial email does not come from Datanet but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:
From:    Holly Humphreys [Holly.Humphreys@datanet.co.uk]
Date:    3 December 2015 at 08:57
Subject:    Invoice from DATANET the Private Cloud Solutions Company

Dear Accounts Dept  :

Your invoice is attached, thank you for your business.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards

DATANET.CO.UK
01252 810010 Accounts Support from 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday
01252 813396 Technical Support from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday

Please reply to Accounts@datanet.co.uk
________________________________
 Holly Humphreys
Operations
Datanet - Hosting & Connectivity
E:

Holly.Humphreys@datanet.co.uk

W:

www.datanet.co.uk

T:

01252 810010

F:

01252 813391

S:

01252 813396 - Normal Support: 8am-8pm Mon-Fri, Critical Break Fix Support: 24x7


DATANET.CO.UK Limited, Cloud Hosting & Connectivity Service Provider. Datanet is an ISO 9001 & ISO 27001 certified
business with the mantra of "CIA" - "Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability" at the heart of our private cloud solutions.

Information contained in this communication is confidential or restricted and is solely for the use of the intended recipient and others authorised to receive it.
If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution or action taken based on this email is prohibited and may be unlawful.

Registered Office: DATANET.CO.UK Limited, Aspen House, Barley Way, Ancells Business Park, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 2UT Registered in England - No. 03214053
I have seen only one sample of this spam with an attachment with a somewhat interesting name of C:\\Users\\HOLLY~1.HUM\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Inv_107666_from_DATANET.CO..xls which saves on my computer as C__Users_HOLLY~1.HUM_AppData_Local_Temp_Inv_107666_from_DATANET.CO..xls. This contains this malicious macro [pastebin] and has a VirusTotal detection rate of 3/55.

According to this Malwr report and this Hybrid Analysis the XLS file downloads a malicious binary from :

encre.ie/u5y432/h54f3.exe

There will probably be other versions of this document downloading from other locations too. This has a VirusTotal detection rate of just 1/55 and that report plus this Malwr report  indicate malicious network traffic to:

162.208.8.198 (VPS Cheap, US / Sulaiman Alfaifi, Saudi Arabia)
94.73.155.12 (Cizgi Telekomunikasyon Anonim Sirketi, Turkey)
78.47.66.169 (Hetzner, Germany)


The payload is almost definitely the Dridex banking trojan.

MD5s:
1bfd7cdc2731ec85617555f63473e3c9
0dcb805a3efa215bde97aa1f32559b77


Recommended blocklist:
162.208.8.198
94.73.155.8/29
78.47.66.169


UPDATE

I have seen another version of the document with an MD5 of c7fa6a1f345aec2f1db349a80257f459 and a VirusTotal result of 3/54. According to this Malwr report it downloads from:

parentsmattertoo.org/u5y432/h54f3.exe



Malware spam: "Scanned image from MX-2600N"

This fake scanned image document appears to come from within the victim's own domain, but it is in fact just a simple forgery with a malicious attachment.

From:    no-reply@victimdomain.tld
Date:    3 December 2015 at 08:12
Subject:    Scanned image from MX-2600N

Reply to: no-reply@victimdomain.tld [no-reply@victimdomain.tld]
Device Name: Not Set
Device Model: MX-2600N
Location: Not Set

File Format: DOC MMR(G4)
Resolution: 200dpi x 200dpi

Attached file is scanned image in DOC format.
Use Microsoft(R)Word(R) of Microsoft Systems Incorporated
to view the document.
Attached is a file named no-reply@victimdomain.tld_20151203_3248.doc which I have seen just a single sample of so far with a VirusTotal detection rate of 2/55, and which contains this malicious macro [pastebin]. Automated analysis tools [1] [2] show that the macro downloads a component from the following location:

vinsdelcomtat.com/u5y432/h54f3.exe

There will probably be other versions of the document downloading from other locations, but for the moment the binary will be the same. This has a detection rate of 3/55 and this Malwr report shows that it communicates with a known bad IP of:

193.238.97.98 (PJSC DATAGROUP, Ukraine)

I strongly recommend that you block traffic to that IP. The payload is most likely to be the Dridex banking trojan.

MD5s
23964bc22c2c81f9a41fb9f747a6c995
33a7583730e94d7877e1047272626455


Wednesday 2 December 2015

Malware spam: "Invoice from PASSION BEAUTY SUPPLY LTD" leads to Teslacrypt

Following on from this earlier spam run, this email has a malicious attachment that loads Teslacrypt ransomware.

From:    Monique Chen [ChenMonique412@magicleafstudio.com]
Date:    2 December 2015 at 19:22
Subject:    Invoice from PASSION BEAUTY SUPPLY LTD

Dear Customer ,

Please review the attached copy of your Invoice (number: IN78350434) for an amount of $470.49.


Thank you for your business
The attachment is named invoice_copy_78350434.zip and it contains a malicious script invoice_copy_BD2E45I62A129S.js which has a VirusTotal detection rate of 2/55. The script is obfuscated (see example) but according to these analyses [1] [2] downloads a malicious executable from:

74.117.183.84/76.exe?1

This has a detection rate of 3/55. The hosts contacts are the same as for the earlier spam run and I recommend you block them.

Malware spam: "Shell Fuel Card E-bill 0765017 for Account B500101 31/12/2014" / "Fuel Card Services [adminbur@fuelcardgroup.com]"

This fake financial spam is not from Fuel Card Services Ltd but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From     Fuel Card Services [adminbur@fuelcardgroup.com]
Date     Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:31:16 +0300
Subject     Shell Fuel Card E-bill 0765017 for Account B500101 31/12/2014

Please note that this message was sent from an unmonitored mailbox which is unable
to accept replies. If you reply to this e-mail your request will not be actioned.
If you require copy invoices, copy statements, card ordering or card stopping please
e-mail support@fuelcardservices.com quoting your account number which can be found
in the e-mail below. If your query is sales related please e-mail info@fuelcardservices.com.


E-billing
-

From: adminbur@fuelcardservices.com

Sent: Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:31:16 +0300
To: hiett@petroldirect.com
Subject: Shell Fuel Card E-bill 0765017 for Account B500101 31/12/2014

Account: B500101

Please find your e-bill 0765017 for 30/10/2015 attached.

To manage you account online please click http://eservices.fuelcardservices.com

If you would like to order more fuel cards please click http://www.fuelcard-group.com/cardorder/shell-burnley.pdf

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards

Cards Admin.
Fuel Card Services Ltd

T 01282 410704
F 0844 870 9837
E support@fuelcardservices.com


Supplied according to our terms and conditions. (see http://www.fuelcardservices.com/ebill.pdf).


Please also note that if you cannot open this attachment and are using Outlook Express
 to view your mail you should select Tools / Options / Security Tab and deselect
the
option marked "Do not allow attachments to be opened that potentially may be a virus".
 All of our outgoing mail is fully virus scanned but we recommend this facility is
re-enabled if you do not use virus scanning software.

The attachment is name ebill0765017.doc and it comes in two different versions. The payload appears to be identical to this spam run earlier today. The payload is the Dridex banking trojan.

Malware spam: "November Invoice #60132748" leads to Teslacrypt

This fake financial spam comes with a malicious attachment.


From:    Valarie Davenport
Date:    2 December 2015 at 11:59
Subject:    November Invoice #60132748


Hello ,

Please review the attached copy of your Electronic document.

A paper copy of this document is being mailed, but this email is being sent in addition for your convenience.

Thank you for your business.

Attached is a file invoice_60132748.zip which contains a malicious obfuscated script INVOICE_main_BD3847636213.js [Pastebin obfuscated / deobfuscated] and this downloads a malicious file from:

74.117.183.84/76.exe?1

It also tries to contact 5.39.222.193, but this times out. An attempt to download from bestsurfinglessons.com comes up with a 404 error.

The Malwr report and Hybrid Analysis indicates that this communicates with the following compromised domains:

ccfinance.it
ecaequeeessa.com
schonemaas.nl
cic-la-banque.org


Both those reports indicate that this is the Teslacrypt ransomware.


Furthermore, the Hybrid Analysis report also shows other traffic to:

tsbfdsv.extr6mchf.com
alcov44uvcwkrend.onion.to
rbtc23drs.7hdg13udd.com


MD5s:
72c15108b68a0f07fdc4d17bd58aa368
0352acd36fedd29e12aceb0068c66b49
f16692fc9170ff68321a5d060b93e2e7


Recommended blocklist:
74.117.183.84
5.39.222.193
ccfinance.it
ecaequeeessa.com
schonemaas.nl
cic-la-banque.org
extr6mchf.com
alcov44uvcwkrend.onion.to
7hdg13udd.com

Malware spam: "Your Adler Invoice No. UK 314433178 IN" / "service@adlerglobal.com"

This fake financial spam does not come from Adler Manufacturing Limited but is instead a simple forgery, It is meant to have a malicious attachment, but all of the samples I have seen are malformed.

From:    service@adlerglobal.com
Date:    2 December 2015 at 11:36
Subject:    Your Adler Invoice No. UK 314433178 IN

Dear Customer,

Thank you very much for having placed your order with Adler.

Your goods have been shipped. Please see attached invoice for payment of
your order.

For your convenience, you will find several payment methods described on the
attached invoice (please be sure to include your Adler Order #).

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

Best Regards,
Your Adler Customer Service Team

Adler Manufacturing Limited
Eastgate House, 35-43 Newport Road
Cardiff CF24 0AB
Tel.: 0800 0087 555
Fax 0800 0087 666
www.adlerglobal.com

Supposedly attached is a document MD220EML.XLS but instead all the samples I see just have a Base 64 encoded section instead. Shame. If you go to the effort of decoding them, they are two moderately detected malicious documents (VirusTotal results [1] [2]) which according to these Malwr reports [3] [4] downloads a binary from:

vanoha.webzdarma.cz/4367yt/p0o6543f.exe
det-sad-89.ru/4367yt/p0o6543f.exe

These download locations were seen earlier, but the payload has changed to one with a detection rate of 4/55.  Those earlier Malwr reports indicate malicious traffic to:

193.238.97.98 (PJSC DATAGROUP, Ukraine)

I strongly recommend that you block traffic to that IP. The payload is likely to be the Dridex banking trojan.

MD5s:
a68b72fbfb76964261a3601daa270647
5bb6f5b6dcd693af4c13e73bc6b7ed48
e81b373b90b0124b31648aa3a50ae2e7



Malware spam: "Aline Payment Request" / "Bruce Sharpe [bruce@alinepumps.com]"


This fake financial spam is not from Aline Pumps but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment. In any cases Aline are an Australian company, they would not be sending out invoices in UK pounds.
From:    Bruce Sharpe [bruce@alinepumps.com]
Date:    2 December 2015 at 09:44
Subject:    Aline Payment Request

ATTENTION: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Dear Sir/Madam,
Overdue Alert
Our records show that your current balance with us is £2795.50 of which £2795.50 is still overdue.
Your urgent attention and earliest remittance of this amount would be appreciated.
We value your business and we would like to resolves any issues as quickly as possible. I am personally available on (02) 8508 4900 or bruce@alinepumps.com
Sincerely,
Bruce Sharpe - Accounts Receivable
PO Box 694 Engadine NSW 2233 P. 02 9544 9999 F. 02 9544 8599 E. bruce@alinepumps.com

Attached is a file Statement_1973_1357257122414.doc which comes in at least three versions (although I have only seen two), with VirusTotal results of 4/55 [1] [2] and automated analysis [3] [4] shows download locations of:

pivarimb.wz.cz/4367yt/p0o6543f.exe
allfirdawhippet.com/4367yt/p0o6543f.exe


apparently there is another download location of

sebel.fr/4367yt/p0o6543f.exe

In any case, the downloaded binary is the same and has a detection rate of 3/55  The Malwr analysis and this Hybrid Analyis shows it phoning home to:

193.238.97.98 (PJSC DATAGROUP, Ukraine)

I strongly recommend that you block traffic to that IP.

MD5s:
4e87044b5566951e71c5b672ce416c7f
2b1ff4b456e926329a895be8ac136661
b99e4e57b0f319da4578cb957f910581



Malware spam: "Purchase Order 124658" / "Gina Harrowell [gina.harrowell@clinimed.co.uk]"

This fake financial spam is not from CliniMed Limited but is instead a simple forgery with a malicious attachment:

From     Gina Harrowell [gina.harrowell@clinimed.co.uk]
Date     Wed, 02 Dec 2015 01:53:41 -0700
Subject     Purchase Order 124658

Sent 2 DEC 15 09:18

CliniMed Ltd
Cavell House
Knaves Beech Way
Loudwater
High Wycombe
Bucks
HP10 9QY

Telephone 01628 850100
Fax 01628 850331

From:                    CliniMed Limited

Company Registration No: 01646927

Registered Office:       Cavell House, Knaves Beech Way,
                         Loudwater, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP10 9QY

The contents of this e-mail are confidential to the sender and the addressee. If
you are not the addressee, or responsible for delivering to the addressee, please
notify us immediately by telephoning our IT Support on 01628 850100 (UK) or +44 1628
850100 (international) and delete the message from your computer without copying
or forwarding it or disclosing its contents to any other party. CliniMed Limited
cannot accept any responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent
and you should not rely on information given in the message without obtaining written
confirmation. It is the responsibility of the addressee to scan incoming mail for
viruses and CliniMed Limited accepts no liability or responsibility for viruses.
Opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and may not reflect the
opinions and views of CliniMed Limited.
Attached is a file P-ORD-C-10156-124658.xls which I have seen two versions of (VirusTotal results [1] [2]) which contain a malicious macro that looks like this [pastebin] which according to these automated analysis reports [3] [4] [5] [6] pulls down an evil binary from:

det-sad-89.ru/4367yt/p0o6543f.exe
vanoha.webzdarma.cz/4367yt/p0o6543f.exe


There may be other versions of the Excel document with different download locations, but the payload will be the same. This has a VirusTotal detection rate of 1/55  and those previous reports plus this Malwr report indicate malicious network traffic to the following IPs:

193.238.97.98 (PJSC Datagroup, Ukraine)
94.73.155.12 (Cizgi Telekomunikasyon Anonim Sirketi, Turkey)
89.32.145.12 (Elvsoft SRL, Romania / Coreix, UK)


The payload is probably the Dridex banking trojan.

MD5s:
9e1bac7de9a3d2640c8342ba885f9fac
ad78358aa34f2208cde5b63fa27987ef
6fa491ea0bab9f6213329c4c010b27fe


Recommended blocklist:
193.238.97.98
94.73.155.8/29
89.32.145.12