Analysis by: Rhena Inocencio
 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel: Via email

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 194,476 bytes
File Type: PDF
Initial Samples Received Date: 30 Mar 2016
Payload: Connects to URLs/IPs

Arrival Details

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

NOTES:

The document contains a fake notification that parcel has arrived:

If users click on the link CLICK HERE, it accesses the fake USPS website http://{BLOCKED}ater.com/usps/index.php phishing for users to log in using their for email and password:

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.800
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 12.436.02
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 30 Mar 2016
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 12.437.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 31 Mar 2016

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_MALPHISH.YVI. 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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