WhatsApp users, watch out! The cybercriminal(s) behind the most recently profiled campaigns impersonating T-Mobile, and Sky, have just launched yet another malicious spam campaign, this time targeting WhatsApp users with fake “Voice Message Notification/1 New Voicemail” themed emails. Once unsuspecting users execute the fake voice mail attachment, their PCs will attempt to drop additional malware on the hosts. The good news? We’ve got you (proactively) covered.

Sample screenshot of the spamvertised email:

WhatsApp_Email_Spam_Malware_Malicious_Software_Social_Engineering_Cybercrime

Detection rate for the malicious attachment: MD5: 0458a01e42544eacf00e6f2b39b788e0 – detected by 31 out of 48 antivirus scanners as Trojan.Win32.Sharik.qhd

Once executed, the sample creates the following Registry Keys on the affected hosts:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.sewwe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.sewwe\ShellNew
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\S6.Document
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\S6.Document\DefaultIcon
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\S6.Document\shell
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\S6.Document\shell\open
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\S6.Document\shell\open\command
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\S6.Document\shell\print
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\S6.Document\shell\print\command
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\S6.Document\shell\printto
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\S6.Document\shell\printto\command
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Local AppWizard-Generated Applications
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Local AppWizard-Generated Applications\S6
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Local AppWizard-Generated Applications\S6\Settings

It then attempts to download additional malware from the well known C&C server at networksecurityx.hopto.org

Webroot SecureAnywhere users are proactively protected from this threat.

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