[nsp-sec] ATTN Google, accountverifiers2414 at googlemail.com used as a phish dropbox

RuthAnne Bevier ruthanne at caltech.edu
Tue Sep 13 13:20:17 EDT 2011


In case this one hasn't been reported yet, accountverifiers2414 at googlemail.com is being used in a return-mail phish.  Sample below:

> X-Original-To: man at caltech.edu                                                                                             
> X-Spam-Scanned: at Caltech-IMSS on fire-doxen by amavisd-new                                                               
> X-Spam-Flag: NO                                                                                                            
> X-Spam-Score: -2.696                                                                                                       
> X-Spam-Level:                                                                                                              
> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.696 tagged_above=-10000 required=5                                                             
>         tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.001, DKIM_VERIFIED=-0.001, PBJ_FRM_NUM1=0.6,                                                  
>         RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1, SNF4SA=-2.295, SPF_PASS=-0.001]                                                              
>         autolearn=unavailable                                                                                              
> DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;                                                                      
>         d=googlemail.com; s=gamma;                                                                                         
>         h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type;                                                       
>         bh=CTs+GHi68SAaO7g0XhjlHb72qOU5bSgQIV/+KE5wDw4=;                                                                   
>         b=ACC2tsh3Ina1QZs+zMD28Km9YCVgXvGIgz4mJMXzxxTW5yNOGpdpEg4tO4IB2BHfou                                               
>          /hDMlkRpOijYq4HGQaqk42i9B0IVmPTTqO0fAV5cpiqglWiSAoCsprqhjw0vfBxP7tPv                                              
>          gBVc/wJm7A6w4QIvIlF1i3SxUgAxhs1bybrjc=                                                                            
> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:23:38 +0100                                                                                      
> Subject: Dear WebMail Subscriber                                                                                           
> From: System Adminstrators <accountverifiers2414 at googlemail.com>                                                           
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;                                                                                               
>                                                                                                                            
> Dear WebMail Subscriber,                                                                                                   
>                                                                                                                            
> We would like to inform you that we are currently carrying out                                                             
> scheduled maintenance and upgrade of our webmail service and as a                                                          
> result our email client has been changed and your original password 
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-- 
RuthAnne Bevier
Director, Information Security
California Institute of Technology
ruthanne at caltech.edu
626-395-2671



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