{"id":11091,"date":"2022-04-12T05:49:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T05:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/?p=11091"},"modified":"2023-03-31T08:04:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T08:04:34","slug":"another-set-of-emails-pretending-to-come-from-scanner-copier-epson-canon-hp-your-own-domain-js-malware-delivering-locky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/another-set-of-emails-pretending-to-come-from-scanner-copier-epson-canon-hp-your-own-domain-js-malware-delivering-locky\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Set Of Emails Pretending To Come From Scanner@ Copier@ Epson@ Canon@ Hp@ Your Own Domain JS Malware Delivering Locky"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yet another set of emails with blank empty bodies pretending to come from scanner@, copier@, epson@, canon@, hp@ and any other copier\/printer\/scanner\/MFD at your own domain with one of these subjects Attached Doc \/ Attached File \/ Attached Image \/ Attached Document with a zip attachment is another one trying to download Locky ransomware and other malware files<\/p>\n
They use email addresses and subjects that will 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
You or your email domain is not sending these emails. You have not been hacked.<\/p>\n
One of the emails looks like:<\/p>\n
From:<\/strong> epson@thespykiller.co.uk<\/p>\n Date:<\/strong> Fri 29\/04\/2021 09:15<\/p>\n Subject:<\/strong> Attached Document<\/p>\n Attachment:<\/strong> submit@thespykiller.co.uk_62693_220554.zip<\/p>\n Totally blank empty<\/em><\/p>\n These malicious attachments normally have a password stealing component, with the aim of stealing your bank, PayPal or other financial details along with your email or FTP ( web space) log in credentials. Many of them are also designed to specifically steal your Facebook and other social network log in details. A very high proportion are Ransomware versions that encrypt your files and demand money ( about \u00a3350\/$400) to recover the files.<\/p>\n All the alleged senders, companies, names of employees, amounts, reference numbers and phone numbers 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. The bad guys choose companies, Government departments and 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 Please read our How to protect yourselves page<\/a> for simple, sensible advice on how to avoid being infected by this sort of socially engineered malware.<\/p>\n 29 April 2021: submit@thespykiller.co.uk_62693_220554.zip : Extracts to: 85006886_575150306.js Current Virus total detections<\/a>: Payload Security<\/a> shows a download of 3 files from giotuipo.at\/files\/VTXhFO.exe ( VirusTotal<\/a>) and giotuipo.at\/files\/dDjk3e.exe ( VirusTotal<\/a>) and limaoagencia.com.br\/08j78h65e ( VirusTotal<\/a>) Payload Security<\/a> which is definitely rockloader which normally downloads Locky ransomware. The first 2 files although appear to be .exe files are actually encrypted data that the rockloader uses to perform various tasks. The payload security report indicates that these might be necurs \/ fareit\/ pony related<\/p>\n Previous campaigns over the last few weeks have delivered 5 or 6 and quite often up to 10 or 12 different versions, . There are frequently 5 or 6 download locations sometimes delivering the exactly same malware from all locations and sometimes slightly different malware versions. Dridex \/Locky \/ Teslacrypt does update at frequent intervals during the day, sometimes as quickly as every hour,so you might get a different version of these nasty Ransomware or Banking password stealer Trojans.<\/p>\n This is another one of the spoofed icon files that unless you have \u201cshow known file extensions enabled<\/a>\u201c, will look like a DOC or other normal file instead of the .exe\/JS file it really is, so making it much more likely for you to accidentally open it and be infected.<\/p>\nBody Content:<\/strong><\/h3>\n