Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID12874: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on December 15, 2014

Medium

Alert ID:

36769

First Published:

2014 December 16 12:38 GMT

Version:

1

Summary

• Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software.

Email messages that are related to this threat (RuleID12874) may contain the following files:

Name	Size in Bytes	MD5 Checksum
lgm_central_invoice_50810801.zip
634,880
0xBBB60083D787F10F1B63AE2099CDCB17

The following text is a sample of the email message that is associated with this threat outbreak:

> Subject: LogMeIn Central Invoice #50810801 - Credit Card declined

Message Body:

Dear client,
Your LogMeIn Central subscription is due to expire on December 18, 2014.
We were unable to charge your credit card for the due amount.( Merchant message - Insufficient funds )
Please remit the payment for the due invoice before Dec 18, 2014 to avoid service interruption.
The payment invoice has been issued and can be downloaded from our website :
https: //secure.logmein.com/central/payments.aspx?service=LogMeInCentral&invoice_id=50810801&code=C82018901A
If the problem persists, contact us to complete your payment.
Thank you for choosing LogMeIn

Cisco security appliances can help protect customers during the critical period between the first exploit of a virus outbreak and the release of vendor antivirus signatures. Cisco Web Security Appliances help secure and control web and email traffic by offering layers of malware protection. Cisco security appliances are automatically updated to help prevent both spam email and hostile web URLs from being passed to the end user.

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Revision History

* Version	Description	Section	Date
1	Initial Release		2014-December-16 12:38 GMT
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