Analysis by: Cris Nowell Pantanilla
ALIASES:

PDF/Phishing.A.Gen (ESET-NOD32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 316,897 bytes
Tipo de archivo PDF
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 29 Apr 2017

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • https://{BLOCKED}di-ncarp.c9users.io/HGYTERWLK/VALIDATE/

It does the following:

  • When users click the link on the PDF file, it accesses the said URL which is a phishing site. This routine risks the exposure of the user's account information, which may then lead to the unauthorized use of the stolen data.

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.850
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 13.370.02
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 29 Apr 2017
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 13.371.00
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 30 Apr 2017

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as PDF_PHISH.EBF. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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