Description
Cisco Security Intelligence Operations has detected significant activity related to spam e-mail messages that claim to contain a Complaint Report from the Federal Trade Commission for the recipient. The text in the message body attempts to persuade the recipient to open the link to view further details. However, the link contains a .zip file containing a malicious .pif file that, when executed, attempts to infect the system with malicious code.
E-mail messages that are related to this threat (RuleID5445) may contain the following files:
consumer_complaint.zip
consumer_complaint.pif
The consumer_complaint.pif file in the consumer_complaint.zip archive has a file size of 300,081 bytes. The MD5 checksum, which is a unique identifier of the executable, is the following string: 0x1B3BC838F3D0936097DEC65EE7FF1621
The following text is a sample of the e-mail message that is associated with this threat outbreak:
Subject: **RELEASED FROM QUARANTINE**NOTIFICATION OF A CONSUMER COMPLAINT
Message Body:
NOTIFICATION OF A CONSUMER COMPLAINT
You are receiving this document because a customer has complaint about your business and believes you have contravened the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA).
At this time, the Federal Trade Commission has initiated a formal investigation into this complaint.
It is FTC policy that consumers who have a complaint write a letter to the business to see if they can resolve the problem.
A letter from your customer, including the complaint, can be downloaded from :
https://ftc.gov/ftc/complaints/download.aspx?complaint_id=53820
Please take a moment to consider the details of the enclosed letter.You may also wish to review your obligations under the Consumer Credit Protection Act(CCPA).
Your efforts to resolve the matter described may avoid the need for the FTC to become involved.
Where a FTC investigation finds a violation of the CCPA has occurred, charges may be laid.Successful prosecution under the CCPA may result in fines of up to $50,000 for an individual or imprisonment for a term not more than two years, and, if convicted a corporation may be liable to a fine not more than $250,000.
You are welcome to contact us regarding this matter using the following form :
http://ftc.gov/ftc/contact.shtm
Under the CCPA, the FTC is required to post information about businesses who fail to respond to consumer complaints.
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
(202) 326-2222
www.ftc.gov
Source: Cisco