Continuing with\u00a0the never ending series of\u00a0malware downloaders is an email with the subject of \u00a0Recent order coming or pretending to come from random companies, names and email addresses with a semi-random named zip attachment in the format of\u00a0order random\u00a0 numbers.zip which delivers Locky ransomware.<\/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
This is another one of the files that unless you have \u201cshow known file extensions enabled<\/u><\/a>\u201c, can easily be mistaken for a genuine DOC \/ PDF \/ JPG or other common 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>\n 6\u00a0December 2016 : order3202227.zip Extracts to: ~8FX934T59F85.js \u00a0Current Virus total detections<\/u><\/a>:\u00a0MALWR<\/u> shows a download of an encrypted file from\u00a0 which is converted by the script to AEyjwjkWiBbl6.zk (\u00a0VirusTotal<\/a><\/u>)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Payload Security<\/a> Locky has recently started to use non standard file extensions on the binaries. Sometimes they are numbers like 342, 343, 552 or sometimes tdb or .zk. All of these are actually DLL files that rundll32.exe will run via the macro or VBS \/ JS \/WSF scripting file telling it what \u00a0to do.<\/p>\n Racco42\u00a0has a complete list of download sites on\u00a0pastebin<\/p>\n One of the emails looks like:<\/p>\n From<\/strong>: Jocelyn Dodson <Dodson.Jocelyn@netpalouse.com><\/p>\n Date<\/strong>: Tue 06\/12\/2016 09:29<\/p>\n Subject<\/strong>: \u00a0Recent order<\/p>\n Attachment<\/strong>: order3202227.zip<\/p>\n Body content<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Dear adkins,<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The counteragent has conducted the checking and found no confirmed payment for the recent order.<\/em><\/p>\n Please process the payment ($61480318984213100008298829551147973880849553947143218356788985272775627605803194587018973947180217238307928261189803428856618930385749611341911170503687380477122861242588983131108280257250482694344816894036302332407575282711883534142274155211016618431613570208400609015111130391224900852711579209203735637510568645244000490804066740746756635576129880845939163888326340536939948755093979473470154712501247121698474055398836315993956562526368316656615171462126204691437628605603931852699578282810903304768612378043891913431847278974520254800968280571296956555034226738555799334602351023873731238058210907863372547921636498713778561456550248715006934072650652124475468418769230134909315335099255596056541045511744016763115753668241731459448187061012408882895829623666289747719704689076143337176567499251423419762929103159095615787124563705275863644428632066173455563043110115858067629863404354001729163976316036130098963600793440005628839409014942071241363716613087799509771659393112575363827728955110760932558442408495107024723370779953103377725853326799055191 again. All details are in the attachment.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feel free to email us if you have any inquiry.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014-<\/em><\/p>\n King Regards,<\/em><\/p>\n Jocelyn Dodson<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Screenshot<\/strong>:\u00a0 None<\/p>\n All these malicious\u00a0emails\u00a0are either designed to steal your Passwords, Bank, PayPal or other financial details along with your email or FTP ( web space) log in credentials.\u00a0\u00a0Or they are\u00a0Ransomware versions that encrypt your files and demand large sums of money\u00a0 to recover the files.<\/p>\n \u00a0 All the alleged senders, amounts, reference numbers, Bank codes, companies, names of employees, employee positions, email addresses and phone numbers mentioned in the emails are all 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.<\/span><\/p>\n 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\u00a0How to protect yourselves page<\/a>\u00a0<\/u>for simple, sensible advice on how to avoid being infected by this sort of\u00a0socially engineered\u00a0malware.<\/p>\n There are frequently\u00a0dozens or even hundreds of\u00a0different download locations, sometimes delivering the exactly same malware from all locations and sometimes slightly different malware versions from each one. Dridex, Locky and many other malwares\u00a0do 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 to the version we list here.<\/p>\n