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Rewterz Threat Alert – ‘Transaction Refund’ Phishing campaign dropping malicious links

Severity: Medium

Analysis Summary

A new malspam campaign has been observed dropping malicious links. This phishing campaign uses the subject of “Transaction Refund” and the emails contain a link which looks harmless when checked on VirusTotal. Upon closer analysis, the link contains another URL embedded within itself which was detected as malware when searched separately.

Impact

Malware Infection

Indicators of Compromise

IP(s) / Hostname(s)

188[.]165[.]243[.]10

www[.]elkhebar[.]net

URLs

hxxps://clicktime[.]cloud[.]postoffice[.]net/clicktime[.]php?u=http%3a%2f%2fwww[.]elkhebar[.]net%2fdoc%2fyfxeyep2y_pyaqjsbgt-xdr&e=

hxxp[:]//www.elkhebar[.]net/doc/yfxey-ep2y_pyaqjsbgt-xdr&e=

Email Subject

Transaction Refund

Remediation

  • Block the threat indicators at their respective controls.
  • Do not download email attachments and do not click on links attached in emails from unknown sources.