Archive for May, 2007
Websense Security Labs has received reports of a new email campaign starting in Australia that attempts to lure users to connecting to a malicious website. The Australia CERT has reported emails that are spoofing the Dell online store. The emails claim that the user is being charged for a camera purchase and requests they connect to a site in order to view their profile. The site is encoding there code via Java Script which decodes to 8 different IFRAMES, all which attempt to load exploit code and download and install new malicious code. The site itself appears to be going up and down sporadically.
See: http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=7595
Sample Email from original advisory:
Subject: Your order #[number] has been accepted for the amount
865.00 AUD
From: Dell online Store <order_[number]@dell.co.uk>
Thank you for shopping with us.
Your order #[number] Canon DF-E037 8.0 MP Digital Camera has been
accepted for the amount 865.00 AUD.
Your card will be charged in that amount.
Thank you for your purchase.
You can check the order in your profile.
HTTP://URL Removed
Thank you.
Dell Online Store.
Although this appears to be a new deception technique the website has been used in malicious code attacks in the past and Websense customers are protected from connecting to it already.
Screenshot of encode script:

Screenshot of decoded script:

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May
14
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Vice Chairman Rodney E. Hood addressed the Municipal Credit Union's Annual Meeting in New York City as the first ever outside speaker invited to their Annual Meeting in over 90 years. This particular meeting marked a milestone for the credit union as they celebrated 90 years in service.
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) General Counsel Robert M. Fenner has sent a letter to Everest National Insurance Company expressing the agency's concern over pending litigation between Everest National and former officials of Centrix Financial, LLC (Centrix).
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) liquidated Sharebuilders Federal Credit Union, of Northridge, Calif., April 25, 2007.