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Have you received an email with an “ACH Payment xxxxx Canceled” subject line?  Please don’t open the link in the email, as it will take you to a malicious URL. Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network has detected that an email campaign broke out on 27th September, 2011. In this campaign,  all the emails had the subject line “ACH Payment xxxxxx Canceled”, where xxxxx is a random […]

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Below email seems to be arrived from United Parcel Service, International Shipping Company but its not. In fact it has a hidden link to a malicious website. It downloads a binary invoice[random_number].JPG.exe with double extension which looks as if it is an image file. Quick Heal detects this file as “Trojan.Menti.hygd” When run, “Trojan.Menti.hygd” drops […]

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In mid-August we covered a huge email-malware outbreak that mostly included UPS-themed emails. The same malware continues to be distributed as Fedex confirmations, but also as the “map of love“. The “map of love” attachments accompany emails promising “tourists” a map of interesting destinations worldwide. Some variations of the text: Welcome Lover! Everything is for […]

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