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Rewterz Threat Alert – Bank Phishing Use COVID-19 To Trick Victims

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

COVID-19 based threats identified a phishing attempt by cybercriminals using a HSBC Bank-themed email to trick victims. The attachment is not a payment advice but a trojan.

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The attachment is an ISO image containing an executable detected by many AV engines as a Trojan. These kind of phishing emails luring users to keep themselves updated on the status of Covid-19 or finding invoices of their payments are continuously being used to rob users of their credentials and their sensitive data and financial loss as well.

Impact

  • Credential theft
  • Exposure of sensitive data
  • Financial loss

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

  • 5477606574c1ecdc50578aa2ea9df2b4
  • 27f6606bc1821a60ee0fdf067616559d

SHA-256

  • 8db4f32cb21d636a59afa76b553e18802098f117df1940e7f78402218bcb960d
  • fbb838e50d66456115e0d8ac30bfd63eeba487de13cd25fbf8fceef7f2dd1ba9

SHA1

  • e080ebea296dfbf07ca794d32fa84159f0ea1b90
  • 1fcb12ffdf2b4bd0b6e9304dd148046905932c0f

Remediation

  • Block all threat indicators at your respective controls. 
  • Always be suspicious about emails sent by unknown senders. 
  • Never click on the links/attachments sent by unknown senders.