{"id":11048,"date":"2022-04-12T06:09:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T06:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/?p=11048"},"modified":"2023-03-30T16:17:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T16:17:42","slug":"active-discount-transaction-60126092105029-1-lloyds-bank-plc-word-doc-malware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/active-discount-transaction-601260921050291-lloyds-bank-plc-word-doc-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Discount Transaction \u2013 60126092105029\/1 \u2013 Lloyds Bank Plc \u2013 Word Doc Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"
An email with the subject of Active Discount Transaction \u2013 60126092105029\/1 pretending to come from Lloyds Bank plc <supplier.finance@lloydsbanking.com> with a malicious word doc attachment is another one from the current bot runs which try to download various Trojans and password stealers especially banking Trojans like Dridex or Dyreza and ransomware like Locky, cryptolocker or Teslacrypt.<\/p>\n
They are using email addresses and subjects that will scare or entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers.<\/p>\n
The email looks like:<\/p>\n
From:<\/strong> Lloyds Bank plc <supplier.finance@lloydsbanking.com><\/p>\n Date:<\/strong> Fri 26\/02\/2021 09:28<\/p>\n Subject:<\/strong> Active Discount Transaction \u2013 60126092105029\/1<\/p>\n Attachment:<\/strong> 60126092105029_1.docm<\/p>\n This message is to inform that the following event happened or action is required in the Lloyds Bank plc system<\/em><\/p>\n Event\/Action Description : Active Discount Transaction \u2013 60126092105029\/1<\/em><\/p>\n Date : Feb 26, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n Number of Invoices : 5<\/em><\/p>\n Total Amount : 595.78<\/em><\/p>\n Discount Amount : 592.88<\/em><\/p>\n Fee Amount : 0.00<\/em><\/p>\n Charge Amount : 0.00<\/em><\/p>\n Currency : GBP<\/em><\/p>\n Maturity Date : May 31, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n Disclaimer:<\/em><\/p>\n While the information contained in the Lloyds Bank plc system is presumed to be accurate, Lloyds Bank plc makes no warranties of any kind, express or implied, with respect to the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the data or the information, including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of satisfactory quality or fitness for a particular purpose.<\/em><\/p>\n This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.<\/em><\/p>\n If you have received this email in error please notify servicedesk@lloydsbankcf.co.uk<\/em><\/p>\n This footer also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses.<\/em><\/p>\n This is a system generated message and requires no signature. Please do not reply to this message. In case of questions or inquiries, please contact your client manager.<\/em><\/p>\n This is a system generated message and requires no signature. Please do not reply to this message. In case of questions or inquiries, please contact your customer service representative.<\/em><\/p>\n Screenshot:<\/strong> NONE<\/p>\n You can now send any suspicious files for examination by the antivirus companies via our submission system<\/strong><\/p>\n 26 February 2021 : 60126092105029_1.docm Current Virus total detections: MALWR shows a download of what looks like Dridex banking Trojan from http:\/\/autoshara.com.ua\/system\/logs\/76tg654viun76b<\/strong> which is a text file that is renamed \/ saved as a .exe and autorun ( VirusTotal) The Comments in Virus total show other download locations as<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.westport.in\/vqmod\/xml\/76tg654viun76b<\/strong> Previous campaigns over the last few weeks have delivered 5 or 6 and quite often up to 10 or 12 different versions, some with word doc attachments and some with Excel xls attachments. There are frequently 5 or 6 download locations all delivering slightly different malware versions. Dridex \/Locky does update at frequent intervals during the day, so you might get a different version of this nasty Ransomware or banking, password stealer Trojan.<\/p>\n All the alleged senders, companies, names of employees, phone numbers, amounts, reference numbers etc. mentioned in the emails are all innocent and are just picked at random. Some of these companies will exist and some won\u2019t. Don\u2019t try to respond by phone or email, all you will do is end up with an innocent person or company who have had their details spoofed and picked at random from a long list that the bad guys have previously found .<\/p>\n The bad guys choose companies, Government departments and other organisations with subjects that are designed to entice you or alarm you into blindly opening the attachment or clicking the link in the email to see what is happening.<\/p>\n Lloyds Bank plc has not been hacked or had their email or other servers compromised. They are not sending the emails to you. They are just innocent victims in exactly the same way as every recipient of these emails.<\/p>\n This email attachment contains what appears to be a genuine word doc or Excel XLS spreadsheet with either a macro script or an embedded OLE object that when run will infect you.<\/p>\n Modern versions of Microsoft office, that is Office 2010, 2013, 2016 and Office 365 should be automatically set to higher security to protect you.<\/p>\n By default protected view<\/strong> (https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-gb\/article\/What-is-Protected-View-d6f09ac7-e6b9-4495-8e43-2bbcdbcb6653) is enabled and macros are disabled, UNLESS you or your company have enabled them. If protected view<\/strong> (https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-gb\/article\/What-is-Protected-View-d6f09ac7-e6b9-4495-8e43-2bbcdbcb6653) mode is turned off and macros are enabled then opening this malicious word document will infect you, and simply previewing it in windows explorer or your email client might well be enough to infect you. Definitely DO NOT follow the advice they give to enable macros or enable editing to see the content.<\/p>\n Most of these malicious word documents either appear to be totally blank or look something like these images when opened in protected view<\/strong> (https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-gb\/article\/What-is-Protected-View-d6f09ac7-e6b9-4495-8e43-2bbcdbcb6653) mode, which should be the default in Office 2010, 2013, 2016 and 365. Some versions pretend to have a digital RSA key and say you need to enable editing and Macros to see the content. Do NOT enable Macros or editing under any circumstances.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At this time, these malicious macros only infect windows computers. They do not affect a Mac, IPhone, IPad, Blackberry, Windows phone or Android phone.<\/p>\n The malicious word or excel file can open on any device with an office program installed, and potentially the macro will run on Windows or Mac or any other device with Microsoft Office installed. BUT the downloaded malware that the macro tries to download is windows specific, so will not harm, install or infect any other computer except a windows computer. You will not be infected if you do not have macros enabled in Excel or Word. These Macros do not run in \u201cOffice Online<\/strong>\u201d (https:\/\/products.office.com\/en-gb\/office-online\/documents-spreadsheets-presentations-office-online) Open Office, Libre Office, Word Perfect or any other office program that can read Word or Excel files.<\/p>\nBody Content:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nhttp:\/\/glavmedmag.ru\/system\/logs\/76tg654viun76b<\/strong><\/p>\nWhat Can Be Infected By This<\/h3>\n