Emails containing fake invoices from Zalando and Deutsche Bahn distribute malware

Posted By: Sorin Mustaca May 16, 2013

We wrote before about the smart methods of fooling users to do things (execute files) which they would not normally do. Two weeks ago we’ve seen a mass mailing in the German language containing malicious payload pretending to be invoices from Apple and Plus.de.

Cybercriminals are sending again personalized emails in the German language pretending to come from the well-known website Zalando.de (shoes and women accessories) and from the Deutsche Bahn (German Railways).

Same as before, the text is addressed to the recipient of the email directly and it threatens him so that the user opens the ZIP archive and executes the malicious file.

All payloads are detected by Avira software as TR/Jorik.Androm.pqr and HIDDENEXT/Worm.Gen.

Sorin Mustaca

IT Security Expert

via Avira – TechBlog http://techblog.avira.com/2013/05/16/emails-containing-fake-invoices-from-zalando-and-deutsche-bahn-distribute-malware/en/

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Sorin Mustaca

Sorin Mustaca, (ISC)2 CSSLP, CompTIA Security+ and Project+, is working since over 20 years in the IT Security industry and worked between 2003-2014 for Avira as Product Manager for the known products used by over 100 million users world-wide. Today he is CEO and owner of Endpoint Cybersecurity GmbH focusing on Cybersecurity, secure software development and security for IoT and Automotive. He is also running his personal blog Sorin Mustaca on Cybersecurity and is the author of the free eBook Improve your security .