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.

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.