{"id":10672,"date":"2013-04-25T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.webroot.com\/?p=10672"},"modified":"2018-10-05T12:30:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T18:30:53","slug":"fake-dhl-delivery-report-themed-emails-lead-to-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/2013\/04\/25\/fake-dhl-delivery-report-themed-emails-lead-to-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake &#8216;DHL Delivery Report&#8217; themed emails lead to malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past couple of days, cybercriminals have launched two consecutive malware campaigns impersonating <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.webroot.com\/tag\/dhl\/\"><strong>DHL<\/strong><\/a> in an attempt to trick users into thinking that they&#8217;ve received a parcel delivery notification. The first campaign comes with a malicious attachment, whereas in the second, the actual malicious archive is located on a compromised domain.<\/p>\n<p>More details:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample screenshot of the the first spamvertised template:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webrootblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/fake_dhl_delivery_notification_email_spam_malware_social_engineering.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10675\" src=\"http:\/\/webrootblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/fake_dhl_delivery_notification_email_spam_malware_social_engineering.png\" alt=\"Fake_DHL_Delivery_Notification_Email_Spam_Malware_Social_Engineering\" width=\"382\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample screenshot of the second spamvertised template:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webrootblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/fake_dhl_delivery_notification_email_spam_malware_social_engineering_01.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10676\" src=\"http:\/\/webrootblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/fake_dhl_delivery_notification_email_spam_malware_social_engineering_01.png\" alt=\"Fake_DHL_Delivery_Notification_Email_Spam_Malware_Social_Engineering_01\" width=\"290\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Detection rate for the malicious executable:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virustotal.com\/en\/file\/bb60e72387030c957226e173de173a97241dec0a46c1d4aa3194ecd0257d185b\/analysis\/1366678654\/\"><strong>MD5: 85f908a5bd0ada2d72d138e038aecc7d<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; detected by 12 out of 45 antivirus scanners as Backdoor.Win32.Androm.pta.<\/p>\n<p>Once executed, it phones back to <strong>hxxp:\/\/seantit.ru\/new\/gate.php<\/strong> (67.174.162.23; 113.161.74.243; 5.175.142.32; 5.175.143.42; 202.180.52.3) and also downloads <strong>hxxp:\/\/seantit.ru\/ya.exe<\/strong> (202.180.52.3) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virustotal.com\/en\/file\/a38dbae35d832be4f2222c06f5bcc9efb55adc4e0958d3f2edf65e3094ad100c\/analysis\/\"><strong>MD5: be52e7e38b9b467c51972cc841e7e487<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; detected by\u00a023 out of 46 antivirus scanners as Trojan:Win32\/FakeSysdef.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the same IP are also the following domains part of the campaign&#8217;s infrastructure:<br \/>\n<strong>independinsy.net<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>confideracia.ru<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>gatoversignie.ru<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>programcam.ru<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>condalinaradushko.ru<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>seantit.ru<\/strong> (Name server: <strong>ns1.secrettappes.com<\/strong> &#8211; 209.140.18.37 &#8211; Email: <em>calnroam2@yahoo.com<\/em>; Name server: <strong>ns1.insectiore.net<\/strong> &#8211; 209.140.18.37 &#8211; Email: <em>conaninfo@rocketmail.com<\/em>) is also known to have responded to the following IPs:<br \/>\n5.175.142.32<br \/>\n5.175.143.42<br \/>\n66.230.163.135<br \/>\n67.174.162.23<br \/>\n86.95.203.184<br \/>\n94.249.206.117<br \/>\n108.174.197.91<br \/>\n111.118.185.166<br \/>\n186.115.144.123<br \/>\n202.180.52.3<br \/>\n206.174.122.15<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webroot.com\/us\/en\/home\/products\/complete\">Webroot\u00a0SecureAnywhere<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0users are proactively protected from this threat.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can find more about Dancho\u00a0Danchev at his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/danchodanchev\"><strong>LinkedIn Profile<\/strong><\/a>. You can also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/danchodanchev\"><strong>follow him on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past couple of days, cybercriminals have launched two consecutive malware campaigns impersonating DHL in an attempt to trick users into thinking that they&#8217;ve received a parcel delivery notification. The first campaign comes with a malicious attachment, whereas in the second, the actual malicious archive is located on a compromised domain. 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