Description
Cisco Security Intelligence Operations has detected significant activity related to spam e-mail messages that claim to contain a document for the recipient. The text in the e-mail message attempts to convince the recipient to open the attachment and view the details. However, the .zip attachment contains a malicious .exe file that, when executed, attempts to infect the system with malicious code.
E-mail messages that are related to this threat (RuleID5581) may contain the following files:
Service Commentary.zip
Service Commentary.exe
The Service Commentary.exe file in the Service Commentary.zip attachment has a file size of 103,936 bytes. The MD5 checksum, which is a unique identifier of the executable, is the following string: 0x8BD91810ACF5ED3B5610DAAA1CD99F43
The following text is a sample of the e-mail message that is associated with this threat outbreak:
Message Body:
Message
Please refer to the details below if you are having problems reading the attached file.Please do not contact your Treasury Centre for technical issues - these should be routed to RBS FM support.The attached file is in zip format; first you have to unzip it (self-extracting archive, Adobe PDF) and then it can be viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 or above. If you do not have a copy of the software please contact your technical support department.ALL SUMMARIES OF RESEARCH REPORTS INCLUDED IN THIS PAGE CONSTITUTE PART OF THE RELEVANT REPORT WHICH IS ATTACHED AND ARE THEREFORE COVERED BY THAT DOCUMENT'S DISCLAIMER AND DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS.
Source: Cisco