Cybercriminals impersonate Verizon Wireless, serve client-side exploits and malware « Webroot Threat Blog – Internet Security Threat Updates from Around the World - last time we intercepted a Verizon Wireless themed malicious campaign was in March 2012.Spamvertised ‘US Airways reservation confirmation’ themed emails serve exploits and malware « Webroot Threat Blog - then, we found an identical campaign structure between the US Airways themed campaign and the “Spamvertised Verizon-themed ‘Your Bill Is….Spamvertised ‘Your order confirmation’ emails serving client-side exploits and malware « Webroot Threat Blog - Spamvertised Verizon-themed ‘Your Bill Is Now Available’ emails lead to ZeuS crimeware.A peek inside a managed spam service « Webroot Threat Blog - How does the service differentiate itself from the rest of the propositions within the cybercrime ecosystem? By emphasizing on….Spamvertised ‘US Airways’ themed emails serving client-side exploits and malware « Webroot Threat Blog - launched by the same gang of cybercriminals that recently launched the following campaigns “Spamvertised Verizon-themed ‘Your Bill Is Now….You can find more about Dancho Danchev at his LinkedIn Profile. Webroot security researchers will continue monitoring the campaign, to ensure that Webroot SecureAnywhere customers are protected from this ongoing threat. It also downloads a copy of the ZeuS crimeware, using the following MD5: 86A548CADA5636B4A8ED7DE5F654FF96 The MD5 also attempts to contact the following dropzones is 176.28.18.135 is unavailable: The MD5 is using the following dropzone for sending back the intercepted accounting data from the infected PCs – hxxp://176.28.18.135:8080/pony/gate.php Now where have we seen this IP before? In last week’s “ Spamvertised LinkedIn notifications serving client-side exploits and malware” malware campaign where 176.28.18.135 was serving client-side exploits through the BlackHole web malware exploitation kit. It’s being launched by the same cybercriminals that launched last week’s “ Malicious USPS-themed emails circulating in the wild” campaign, as both campaigns share the same directory/exploit-serving structure. The campaign is ultimately redirecting to a BlackHole web malware exploitation kit at hxxp:///showthread.php?t=d7ad916d1c0396ff which drops the following MD5: 99FAB94FD824737393F5184685E8EDF2.
The campaign is relying on thousands of compromised legitimate web sites, where a tiny javascript file (.js) is hosted in an attempt to trick web reputation filters into thinking the content is served from a legitimate web sites.
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