Over the past 24 hours, cybercriminals spamvertised millions of email addresses, impersonating UPS, in an attempt to trick end users into viewing the malicious .html attachment. Upon viewing, the file loads a tiny iFrame attempting to serve client-side exploit served by the latest version of the Black Hole Exploit kit, which ultimately drops malware on the affected host.
More details:
Sample screenshot of the spamvertised email:
Sample malicious iFrame URLs found in multiple malicious .html files: hxxp://denegnashete.ru:8080/forum/links/column.php; hxxp://soisokdomen.ru:8080/forum/links/column.php; hxxp://diareuomop.ru:8080/forum/links/column.php; hxxp://omahabeachs.ru:8080/forum/links/column.php ;hxxp://penelopochka.ru:8080/forum/showthread.php?page; hxxp://furnitura-forums.ru:8080/forum/showthread.php?page; hxxp://onerussiaboard.ru:8080/forum/showthread.php?page; hxxp://online-gaminatore.ru:8080/forum/showthread.php; hxxp://bmwforummsk.ru:8080/forum/showthread.php?page
Sample detection rate for a malicious .html file found in the spamvertised emails: UPS_N21489880.htm – MD5: 38a2a54d6e7391d7cd00b50ed76b9cfb – detected by 26 out of 43 antivirus scanners as Trojan.Iframe.BCK; Trojan-Downloader.JS.Iframe.dbh
Client-side exploits serving URL: hxxp://denegnashete.ru:8080/forum/data/java.jar – MD5: 86946ec2d2031f2b456e804cac4ade6d – detected by 25 out of 43 antivirus scanners as Java/Cve-2012-1723; Exploit:Java/CVE-2012-4681.H
denegnashete.ru is currently responding to the following IPs – 84.22.100.108; 190.10.14.196; 203.80.16.81; 61.17.76.12; 213.135.42.98
Related malicious domains part of the campaign’s infrastructure:
rumyniaonline.ru – 84.22.100.108
denegnashete.ru – 84.22.100.108
dimabilanch.ru – 84.22.100.108
ioponeslal.ru – 84.22.100.108
moskowpulkavo.ru – 84.22.100.108
omahabeachs.ru – 84.22.100.108
uzoshkins.ru – 84.22.100.108
sectantes-x.ru – 84.22.100.108
Name servers part of the campaign’s infrastructure:
ns1.denegnashete.ru – 62.76.190.50
ns2.denegnashete.ru – 87.120.41.155
ns3.denegnashete.ru – 132.248.49.112
ns4.denegnashete.ru – 91.194.122.8
ns5.denegnashete.ru – 62.76.188.246
ns6.denegnashete.ru – 178.63.51.54
This isn’t the first time that cybercriminals have impersonated UPS. Go through related analysis of previous campaigns impersonating the company:
- Cybercriminals impersonate UPS, serve malware
- Cybercriminals impersonate UPS in client-side exploits and malware serving spam campaign
- Spamvertised ‘UPS Delivery Notification’ emails serving client-side exploits and malware
- Spamvertised ‘Your UPS delivery tracking’ emails serving client-side exploits and malware
- Spamvertised ‘Wire Transfer Confirmation’ themed emails lead to Black Hole exploit kit
Webroot SecureAnywhere users are proactively protected from this threat.
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