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Security Intelligence Operations
Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Macbook Air Winner E-mail messages on Nov 6, 2009 |
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| Threat Type: | IntelliShield: Threat Outbreak Alert |
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| IntelliShield ID: | 19368 |
| Version: | 1 |
| First Published: | November 06, 2009 09:04 AM EST |
| Last Published: | November 06, 2009 09:04 AM EST |
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Not Available
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| Urgency: |
Possible Use
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Confirmed
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Harrassment
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| Version Summary: | Cisco Security Intelligence Operations has detected significant activity on November 6, 2009. |
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Description |
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Cisco Security Intelligence Operations has detected significant activity related to spam e-mail messages claiming that the recipient of the e-mail has won a Macbook Air computer as a prize. The text in the e-mail message attempts to convince the recipient to open a .zip attachment to view details regarding the prize. However, the .zip attachment within the e-mail message contains a malicious .exe file, which when executed attempts to infect the system with malicious code.
E-mail messages that are related to this threat (RuleID2352) may contain the following files:
winner.zip
winner.exe
The winner.exe file has a size of 19,456 bytes. The MD5 checksum, which is a unique identifier of the executable, is the following string: 0xE1ADDBA631FCDECBD5176C4D63C9775D.
The following text is a sample of the e-mail message that is associated with this threat outbreak:
Subject: Congratulations
Message Body:
Congratulations!! You have won todays Macbook Air.
Please open attached file and see datails.
Cisco Security Intelligence Operations analysts examine real-world e-mail traffic data that is collected from over 100,000 contributing organizations worldwide. This data helps provide a range of information about and analysis of global e-mail security threats and trends. Cisco will continue to monitor this threat and automatically adapt IronPort systems to protect customers. This report will be updated if there are significant changes or if the risk to end users increases.
Cisco IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters protect customers during the critical period between the first exploit of a virus outbreak and the release of vendor antivirus signatures. E-mail that is managed by Cisco and end users who are protected by Cisco IronPort web security appliances will not be impacted by these attacks. Cisco IronPort appliances are automatically updated to prevent both spam e-mail and hostile web URLs from being passed to the end user.
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