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Social Network Scam Targets NBA Finals

For sports fans, the most exciting time of the year is the post season. It is when the underdogs have a chance to topple the better teams in the league, or last year’s champions are trying to win it again. Depending on the sport, these events can draw a lot of viewers, whether it is a single event or a seven game series. So, its no surprise there are sites that claim to offer fans the ability to watch these events online.

Right now, we are in the midst of the NBA finals pitting some of the finest players in the league against each other in their quest to win it all. The series was just tied 2-2 before Game 5 on Sunday. On that day, some Facebook users may have seen pages offering a free live stream of the game.
 

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Figure 1. Free live NBA Finals stream posted on Facebook
 

Facebook users may also see posts about NBA Finals live streams linking to a page hosted on Tumblr.
 

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Figure 2. Free live NBA Finals stream page on Tumblr
 

When a user selects “YES I AGREE” on the Tumblr page they are redirected back to Facebook and asked to install an NBAFinals Facebook application.
 

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Figure 3. Scam NBAFinals Facebook app, permissions request
 

This Facebook application requests access to your profile, friends list, and email address. If a user grants permission, the application will request more permissions.
 

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Figure 4. Scam NBAFinals Facebook app requests additional permissions
 

In addition to posting to your friends on your behalf, the scam Facebook application requests more permissions that do not make any sense for an application to have in order to enjoy free live streaming, such as access to manage your Facebook pages.

Even worse, after the application installs, users are redirected to another Tumblr site and asked to spread the scam on Facebook before proceeding.
 

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Figure 5. Scam NBA Finals site asks users to share on Facebook
 

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Figure 6. NBA Finals scam spreads on Facebook
 

For the user, after all this, there is no live stream presented. Instead, users will see a video player that doesn’t work. Clicks on the video player redirects users to a plugin install page that earns the scammers money through affiliate links.
 

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Figure 7. NBA Finals scam page contains no live stream
 

There are some references in the final page to other sites that claim to offer live streams of the game. These pages are not official however, and these types of streaming sites are prohibited.

For the scammers, getting the user to install their Facebook application keeps the scam going because the application posts messages to your timeline on your behalf.
 

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Figure 8. Scam NBAFinals app timeline post on Facebook
 

In cooperation with Symantec, Tumblr has removed the sites associated with this scam and we have reported the application to Facebook.

Users should be aware which applications they install on Facebook, especially when looking for special features or access to websites that offer live sport streams. If it seems suspicious, most likely it is.

Hospitality Spam Takes a New Ride

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Hospitality is the friendly bonding between the guest and host, especially efforts to make the guest feel comfortable. Spammers exploit hospitality events, and the bond between guest and host, with fake promotional offers. We are currently observing an increase in spam messages which exploit hospitality offered by major events, festivals, and concerts. The spam messages invite users to watch the events at entertaining venues happening in different places. Hospitality spam tries to entice users with bogus offers such as the following:

  • Luxury items
  • Fine dining
  • Champagne
  • VIP parking
  • VIP hostess service
  • Gambling
  • Q&A with sports celebrities
  • Large plasma screens
     

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Figure 1. British Grand Prix hospitality spam
 

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Figure 2. Ashes Series hospitality spam
 

A variety of subject lines have been observed in the hospitality spam attacks, such as the following:

  • Subject: VIP HOY Show hospitality
  • Subject: Unique opportunity to present a trophy at top event
  • Subject: Ringside dining action at HOY 2013
  • Subject: Exclusive Equine ringside action
  • Subject: Champagne journey to bitter grudge match
  • Subject: Looking for an evening of champion sport?
  • Subject: A unique moment to talk with the legendary Murray
  • Subject: 2013 Festival of Speed
  • Subject: Exclusive Race Day Hospitality with Murray Walker
  • Subject: A unique moment to talk with the legendary Murray

The “From” address associated with these hospitality spam emails include the following:

  • From: F1 Deals <mail@[REMOVED]>
  • From: Grand Prix <mail@[REMOVED]>
  • From: The Festival of Motoring <mail@[REMOVED]>
  • From: German battle <mail@[REMOVED]>
  • From: Horse Show <mail@[REMOVED]>
  • From: Top Horse Events <mail@[REMOVED]>
  • From: How’s that? <mail@[REMOVED]>
  • From: 2013 Race F1 <mail@[REMOVED]>

The main motive of these spam campaigns is to lure recipients by providing fake promotional offers and asking users to reply with questions about the event to the spam domain which is only registered for a year and hosted in the United Kingdom.

Symantec advises our readers to use caution when receiving unsolicited or unexpected emails. We are closely monitoring these spam attacks to ensure that users are kept up to date with information on the latest threats.

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寄稿: 篠塚大志

マルウェアの作成者は、より巧妙な手口を求めて常に新しい方法を模索しています。サイバー犯罪者の前にはシマンテック保護技術がいくつも立ちふさがり、ユーザーのセキュリティ意識も高くなっているため、彼らの攻撃が成功することはますます難しくなってきました。

最近の調査で、シマンテックは Word13.exe という変わった名前のサンプルを発見しました。外見だけからすると、デジタル署名された Adobe 社製のファイルのように見えます。
 

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図 1. Adobe 社の署名の付いた Word13.exe ファイル
 

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図 2. 偽のデジタル署名のプロパティ
 

しかし、よく調べてみると、実に興味深い点に気づきます。
 

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図 3. 偽の署名と証明書
 

これが偽物であることは、[発行者]フィールドに「Adobe Systems Incorporated」と書かれていることでわかります。Adobe 社は VeriSign 製品の顧客だからです。また、証明書の情報を見ると、CA ルート証明書を信頼できないこともわかり、これも決定的な証拠になります。
 

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図 4. Adobe 社の正規の署名と証明書
 

シマンテックは、このファイルに対する保護対策を提供しており、Backdoor.Trojan として検出します。

Backdoor.Trojan は、自身を実行して iexplore.exe または notepad.exe にインジェクトし、バックドア機能を開始します。

作成される可能性があるファイルは、以下のとおりです。

  • %UserProfile%\Application Data\ aobecaps \cap.dll
  • %UserProfile%\Application Data\ aobecaps \mps.dll
  • %UserProfile%\Application Data\ aobecaps \db.dat

また、ポート 3337 で以下のコマンド & コントロール(C&C)サーバーに接続します。

  • Icet****ach.com 

そのうえで、このトロイの木馬は以下の処理を実行する可能性があります。

  • ユーザーとコンピュータの情報を盗み出す
  • フォルダを作成する
  • ファイルを作成、ダウンロード、削除、移動、検索、実行する
  • スクリーンショットを取得する
  • マウス機能をエミュレートする
  • Skype 情報を盗み出す

このマルウェアの被害を受けないように、ウイルス対策定義を常に最新の状態に保ち、ソフトウェアも定期的に更新するようにしてください。ダウンロードの URL が提示された場合には、必ずその URL を再確認し、必要に応じて念のために証明書と署名を確認してください。

 

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Malware Using Fake Certificate to Evade Detection

Contributor: Hiroshi Shinotsuka

Malware authors are always seeking new ways to hone their craft.  As cybercriminals are facing a multitude of preventative technologies from Symantec and users are becoming more security conscious, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the bad guys to win.

Recently, during research, we came across an oddly named sample, Word13.exe. Upon first glance, it appears to be a digitally signed file from Adobe.
 

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Figure 1. Fake digital signature properties
 

But upon closer inspection we found something very interesting.
 

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Figure 2. Fake signature and certificate
 

It’s fake, as the “Issued By” field says “Adobe Systems Incorporated” – Adobe is a VeriSign customer. Also, in the certificate information, we see that the CA Root certificate is not trusted – another dead giveaway.
 

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Figure 3. Legitimate Adobe signature and certificate
 

Symantec has protection in place and detects this file as Backdoor.Trojan.

Backdoor.Trojan will execute and inject itself into iexplore.exe or notepad.exe and start a back door function.

It may create following files:

  • %UserProfile%\Application Data\ aobecaps \cap.dll
  • %UserProfile%\Application Data\ aobecaps \mps.dll
  • %UserProfile%\Application Data\ aobecaps \db.dat

It connects to the following command-and-control (C&C) server on port 3337:

  • Icet****ach.com 

This back door may then perform the following actions:

  • Steal user and computer information
  • Create folders
  • Create, download, delete, move, search for, and execute files
  • Capture screenshots
  • Emulate mouse function
  • Steal Skype information

To ensure that you do not become a victim of this threat, please ensure that your antivirus definitions are always up-to-date and that your software packages are also regularly updated. Always double check the URL of the download that is being offered and, if applicable, check the certificate and signature just to be safe.

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国際クリケット評議会(ICC)のチャンピオンズトロフィー 2013 が、現在イングランドとウェールズで開催されています。グループマッチはすでに始まっており、決勝戦は 6 月 23 日に予定されています。これまでにもシマンテックは、ICC ワールドトゥエンティ 20クリケットワールドカップを狙ったさまざまなスパムメールを確認しています。予想どおり、ICC チャンピオンズトロフィー 2013 の詐欺メールが、Symantec Probe Network で検出され始めています。

419 詐欺(ナイジェリア詐欺)は、テキストベースの電子メール、.doc ファイル、PDF ファイルの形で届きます。今回の詐欺メッセージは、ICC UPDATE.doc という名前の .doc ファイルとして添付されており、カムリソラーラの新車、85,000 ユーロ相当が当選したと書かれています。これは典型的な 419 詐欺です。この詐欺メールによると、当選者の電子メールアドレスはある福引きで集められ、日本にある本部で行われた最終抽選に送られたことになっています。賞品を手に入れるためと称して、ユーザーは名前、電話番号、住所、職業などの個人情報の入力を要求されます。
 

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図 1. .doc ファイルが添付された 419 詐欺メール
 

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図 2. 詐欺メールの添付ファイルの内容
 

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図 3. 賞品を受け取るために個人情報を入力するよう誘導する 419 詐欺
 

送信元が正規のものでない限り、このような電子メールの中の URL はクリックしないようにしてください。スパム対策シグネチャを定期的に更新して、個人情報が漏えいしないよう保護することも忘れないようにしてください。シマンテックでは、最新の脅威に関する最新の情報をユーザーのみなさんにお届けできるよう、スポーツイベントにちなんだスパム攻撃を監視しています。

 

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