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Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Portuguese Debt Collections E-mail Messages

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Description

Cisco Security Intelligence Operations has detected significant activity related to Portuguese-language spam e-mail messages that claim to contain a debt collection notification for the recipient. The text in the e-mail message attempts to convince the recipient to follow a link and view the details. However, the link directs the user to a malicious .zip file, that when executed, attempts to infect the system with malicious code.

E-mail messages that are related to this threat (RuleID5481) may contain any of the following files:

Fatura-CobrancaFev.zip

The Fatura-CobrancaFev.zip attachment has no file size and MD5 checksum available.

The following text section is a sample of the e-mail message that is associated with this threat outbreak:
Subject: Segue em anexo a fatura 564365/02 para pagamento, referente ao mes 02/13.

Message Body:

L C R Cobranças,
Informa que você tem até 10/03/2013 para efetuar o pagamento da fatura referente atraso do mês 02 (fevereiro) 2013,  caso o pagamento
não seja efetuado será levado a protesto após a data mencionada.
Parcela_Referente_Fevereiro.zip

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