{"id":12144,"date":"2022-03-25T02:49:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T02:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/?p=12144"},"modified":"2023-03-30T16:50:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T16:50:22","slug":"aline-payment-request-alinepumps-com-bruce-sharpe-word-doc-or-excel-xls-spreadsheet-malware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myonlinesecurity.co.uk\/aline-payment-request-alinepumps-com-bruce-sharpe-word-doc-or-excel-xls-spreadsheet-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Aline Payment Request -Alinepumps.com Bruce Sharpe \u2013 Word Doc Or Excel Xls Spreadsheet Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"
Following on from Last week\u2019s Malspam run pretending to come from Aline pumps<\/a> is today\u2019s email with the subject of Aline Payment Request pretending to come from Bruce Sharpe <bruce@alinepumps.com> with a malicious word doc or Excel XLS spreadsheet attachment is another one from the current bot runs which try to download various Trojans and password stealers especially banking credential stealers, which may include cridex, dridex, dyreza and various Zbots, cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment.<\/p>\n 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 ATTENTION: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE<\/em><\/p>\n Dear Sir\/Madam,<\/em><\/p>\n Overdue Alert<\/em><\/p>\n Our records show that your current balance with us is 2795.50 of which 2795.50 is still overdue.<\/em><\/p>\n Your urgent attention and earliest remittance of this amount would be appreciated.<\/em><\/p>\n We value your business and we would like to resolves any issues as quickly as possible. I am personally available on (02) 8508 4900 or bruce@alinepumps.com<\/em><\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/em><\/p>\n Bruce Sharpe \u2013 Accounts Receivable<\/em><\/p>\n PO Box 694 Engadine NSW 2233 P. 02 9544 9999 F. 02 9544 8599 E. bruce@alinepumps.com<\/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.<\/p>\n 2 December 2021 : Statement_1973_1357257122414.doc Current Virus total detection<\/a>s: MALWR analysis shows us that it downloads Dridex Banking malware from http:\/\/pivarimb.wz.cz\/4367yt\/p0o6543f.exe ( VirusTotal) This is an updated version from today\u2019s earlier malspam run of malicious office docs with macros<\/a><\/p>\n So far I have only examined 1 version of this malware, but 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.<\/p>\n There are frequently 5 or 6 download locations all delivering exactly the same malware. All the alleged senders, companies, names of employees 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 .<\/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 alinepumps.com 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 has what appears to be a genuine word doc or Excel XLS spreadsheet attached which contains a macro script virus. Modern versions of Microsoft office, that is Office 2010 and 2013 and Office 365 have Macros disabled by default, UNLESS you or your company have enabled them. If protected view<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n Definitely DO NOT follow the advice they give to enable macros or enable editing to see the content. Most of these malicious word documents appear to be blank or look something like these images when opened in protected view<\/a> mode, which should be the default in Office 2010, 2013 and 365.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Many 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 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 Open Office, Libre Office, Word Perfect or any other office program that can read Word or Excel files.<\/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. Also please read our post about word macro malware and how to avoid being infected by them<\/p>\nWhat Can Be Infected By This<\/strong><\/h3>\n