Trend in Spam email campaigns appearing to be from phone providers

CareCERT is aware of a trend in spam email campaigns appearing to originate from phone providers such as Vodafone or O2 with a malicious link that is obfuscated as a legitimate link.

Threat ID:: CC-1321
Category:
Threat Severity:: Medium
Threat Vector:: Email spam
Published:: 11 April 2017 12:00 AM

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Summary

CareCERT is aware of a trend in spam email campaigns appearing to originate from phone providers such as Vodafone or O2 with a malicious link that is obfuscated as a legitimate link.

Threat details

Which, when clicked, downloads malware and/or attempts to capture login and other confidential information via social engineering.

Examples Below:

Check your bill online ›
Hello, [TARGET USER NAME]
Please, have Your latest Vodafone bill already performed for the payment.
[Malious LINK appearing to be from Vodaphone]
(JS Format)
This month you will have to pay up to £207.

Thank you
Vodafone Customer Services team

Thanks for going on with O2
Good time of the day, [TARGET USER NAME]
Your bill for 11/04/17 has been already ready, and this month you receive Â£252.13 for payment. We will take it from your account at the day of payment, or a little bit later.
To view your latest bill online anytime:
Go toMyO2 [MALICOUS LINK]
(JsReport - JavaScript based reporting platform)

Remediation steps

Type	Step
	• A robust program of education and awareness training is delivered to users to ensure they don’t open attachments or follow links within unsolicited emails. • All operating systems, antivirus and other security products are kept up to date. • All day to day computer activities such as email and internet are performed using non-administrative accounts. • Strong password policies are in place and password reuse is discouraged. • Network, proxy and firewall logs should be monitored for suspicious activity.

Type

Step

• A robust program of education and awareness training is delivered to users to ensure they don’t open attachments or follow links within unsolicited emails.
• All operating systems, antivirus and other security products are kept up to date.
• All day to day computer activities such as email and internet are performed using non-administrative accounts.
• Strong password policies are in place and password reuse is discouraged.
• Network, proxy and firewall logs should be monitored for suspicious activity.

Last edited: 17 February 2020 11:40 am